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Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized; they have a beta-lactam structure; most are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.

Most side effects of penicillin cannot be prevented.

The antibiotic penicillin was the first to be isolated from the fungus penicillium notatum.

Penicillin was the first true antibiotic to be discovered.

Penicillins are sometimes combined with other ingredients called beta-lactamase inhibitors, which protect the penicillin from bacterial enzymes that may destroy it before it can do its work.

Erythromycin is an alternative to penicillin for people who have a penicillin allergy.

It started when penicillin was extracted from the mold penicillium notatum in the 1930s.

Medicine has used natural product drugs for many years e.g. penicillin.

By 1944, doctors had enough penicillin to treat all the allied forces wounded in the D Day invasion of Europe.

Hey, someone has to discover penicillin—it might as well be me.

In Australia, tea tree oil was a common treatment for infections until the advent of penicillin.

Penicillin is the traditional method of treating this type of mushroom poisoning.

It must have been one of those penicillin allergies we hear so much about.

Children with sickle cell disorders are at risk of developing severe infections, and penicillin is usually prescribed to prevent dangerous pneumococcal infections.

Oral penicillin must be taken for 10 days.

One benzathine penicillin injection is required for treatment.

So I've been prescribed penicillin to get rid of it.

Years later he had a very sick patient and since he had nothing else to try, gave the penicillin.

Florey and Chain, as mentioned, developed penicillin.

This has lead to near catastrophic delays in recognizing the harm of smoking to humans or the benefits of certain drugs including penicillin.

This is the observation by which the antibiotic penicillin was discovered.

Injectable penicillin has been used successfully for many years to treat rabbits with vent disease (rabbit syphilis) with no apparent problems.

Possible choices include penicillin G, ceftriaxone (Rocephin), cefotaxime (Claforan), or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra).

But since penicillin injections are painful, oral penicillin may be preferable.

Erythromycin appears to be more effective than penicillin in treating people who are carriers because of better penetration into the infected area.

One medium clove of Garlic can equal the antibacterial action equivalent to 1% penicillin.

Penicillin does not really damage existing bacteria, but when the bacteria divide to make new cells, a new wall cannot cross-link properly.

There were already strains of bacteria that were becoming resistant to penicillin, so the arrival of the new antibiotic erythromycin was much welcomed.

Alexander Fleming, born in Ayrshire, Scotland, discovered penicillin.

The usual choice for human bite wounds on the hand is a first-generation cephalosporin and either penicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin).

Examples of penicillins are penicillin V (Beepen-VK, Pen-Vee K, V-cillin K, Veetids) and amoxicillin (Amoxil, Polymox, Trimox, Wymox).

Erythromycin, the prototype of this class, has a spectrum and use similar to penicillin.

If you're on the pill and you need to take penicillin for a sore throat, do you need to worry about getting pregnant?

It's not just the penicillin you took as a child to combat ear infections.

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus got its name because it is resistant to methicillin, a type of penicillin.

Penicillium expansum [1] Does not produce penicillin; causes disease in apples.

It is also possible to produce branded penicillin with penicillin v, which does not require Phenylacetic Acid.

Penicillin is the most frequent and important offender, and in these circumstances the symptoms are often delayed until days or even weeks after the penicillin therapy begins.

Immediate severe reactions to penicillin are almost unknown in children but can occur in adults.

Others may develop an itchy red drug rash or hives because of an allergy to a specific drug such as penicillin.

A 10-day course of penicillin by mouth or a single injection of penicillin G is usually the first line of treatment for RF.

The drug of choice is metronidazole (Flagyl), with penicillin the second choice.

Pinta is usually treated with a single injection of benzathine penicillin G (Bicillin).

Erythromycin is similar in use to penicillin and is widely used for patients who are allergic to penicillin.

Penicillin has advantages over erythromycin in that it kills bacteria, while erythromycin only stops bacterial growth and relies on the body's immune system to kill bacteria.

Also, erythromycin is more likely to cause stomach upset than is penicillin.

Sometimes erythromycin may be used to treat a microorganism that is resistant to penicillin.

An injection of benzathine or procaine penicillin may be most effective in treating the infection, but it is also painful.

The procedure has worked for sensitivities to penicillin, sulfa drugs, and insulin.

Penicillin was, as of 2004, still the first choice for treating children with pneumonia unless the child is known to be penicillin-resistant.

Drug allergens that may cause AP include penicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, and quinine.