Sultamicillin

Chemical formula: C₂₅H₃₀N₄O₉S₂  Molecular mass: 594.65 g/mol  PubChem compound: 444022

Active ingredient description

Sultamicillin is the tosylate salt of the double ester of sulbactam plus ampicillin. Sulbactam is a semisynthetic beta-lactamase inhibitor which, in combination with ampicillin, extends the antibacterial activity of the latter to include some beta-lactamase-producing strains of bacteria that would otherwise be resistant.

Medicine classification

This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:

ATC code Group title Classification
J01CR04 Sultamicillin J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J01 Antibacterials for systemic use → J01C Beta-lactam antibacterials, penicillins → J01CR Combinations of penicillins, incl. beta-lactamase inhibitors
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Product monographs

Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):

Title Information Source Document Type  
AMPIMAX Film-coated tablet MPI, US: SPL/PLR
UNASYN Powder for solution for injection FDA, National Drug Code (US) MPI, US: SPL/Old

Structural formula

Graphic representation of the active ingredient's molecular structure

External identifiers

CAS Substance: 76497-13-7
DrugBank Drug: DB12127
KEGG Drug: D05972
PubChem Compound: 444022
RxNorm Ingredient: 1009148
SNOMED-CT Concept: 710202000
Sultamicillin (substance)
UNII Identifier: 65DT0ML581
SULTAMICILLIN

Medicines

Sultamicillin is an active ingredient of these brands:

United States (US)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Austria (AT)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Cyprus (CY)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Ecuador (EC)

Estonia (EE)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Hong Kong (HK)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Japan (JP)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Lithuania (LT)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Nigeria (NG)

Poland (PL)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Romania (RO)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Singapore (SG)

  • UNASYN as SULTAMICILLIN TOSYLATE DIHYDRATE

Turkey (TR)

Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.

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