The cooperative activity of drugs such as beta- lactam antibiotics and clavulanic acid, a beta- lactamase inhibitor, is known as

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Synergism refers to the cooperative interaction between two or more drugs, where their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. In this case, beta-lactam antibiotics and clavulanic acid work together to enhance the antibiotic effect by inhibiting beta-lactamase, an enzyme that some bacteria produce to resist beta-lactam antibiotics.

The Cooperative Activity of Drugs Such as Beta- Lactam Antibiotics