Panklava 2X is a combination of amoxicillin - semi-synthetic penicillin with a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity - and clavulanic acid - an irreversible inhibitor of β-lactamases.
Amoxicillin - semisynthetic aminopenicillin, a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent, belongs to the group of beta-lactam antibiotics. It inhibits transpeptidase, breaks the synthesis of peptidoglycan (the supporting protein of the cell wall) in the period of division and growth, causes bacterial lysis.
Clavulanic acid is an inhibitor of β-lactamase enzymes produced by certain bacteria and destroying penicillins and other β-lactam antibiotics. Adding clavulanic acid to amoxicillin, preventing the inactivation of the antibiotic, extends the spectrum of its action due to microorganisms whose resistance to amoxicillin is due to the production of β-lactamases. Clavulanic acid forms a stable inactive complex with β-lactamases and protects amoxicillin from the loss of antibacterial activity caused by the production of β-lactamases as the main pathogens and co-pathogens, and conditionally pathogenic microorganisms. In addition, clavulanic acid has a weak intrinsic antibacterial activity.
Panklava 2X possesses a wide spectrum of action, is active against amoxicillin-sensitive microorganisms, including strains producing β-lactamases: gram-positive aerobes: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus groups viridans, Streptococcus bovis, Staphylococcus aureus (except methicillin-resistant strains), Staphylococcus epidermidis (except methicillin-resistant strains), Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Listeria monocytogenes, Enteroccocus spp.;
gram-negative aerobes: Bordetella pertussis, Brucella spp., Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli, Gardnerella vaginalis, Haemophilus influenzae, Haemophilus ducreyi, Klebsiella spp., Moraxella catarrhalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, Pasteurella multocida, Proteus spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Vibrio cholerae, Yersenia enterocolitica, Helicobacter pylori, Eikenella corrodens;
Gram-positive anaerobes: Peptococcus spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., Clostridium spp., Actinomyces israelii, Fusobacterium spp., Prevotella spp.;
Gram-negative anaerobes: Bacteroides spp.