Studies have shown a lower bacteriologic recurrence rate in the treatment of acute streptococcal infections with the intramuscular use of benzathine penicillin as compared to oral use of penicillin.

in which discrepancies were observed between chemical and biological methods of penicillin assay when a precursor was omitted from penicillin fermentations.

Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of a mold with antibacterial properties was only the first serendipitous event on the long road to penicillin as a life-saving drug. Hannah joined The Scientist as ...

Millions of people in the UK have a penicillin allergy label on their medical records and I’m one of them. This means that the most effective treatment for a wide range of bacterial infections ...

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A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy is 9.4%, though most ...

Fleming presented his findings in 1929, but they raised little interest. He published a report on penicillin and its potential uses in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. Fleming worked ...

The medicinal potential of penicillin was accidentally discovered by the Scottish scientist Alexander Flemming in 1928The chemical structure of penicillin was worked out using X-ray ...

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The medicinal potential of penicillin was accidentally discovered by the Scottish scientist Alexander Flemming in 1928The chemical structure of penicillin was worked out using X-ray ...

This unassuming object made it possible for the first clinical trials of penicillin to take place. Most people contact the names of Florey and Chain with the story of penicillin, but their team ...

Penicillin G sodium 5million Units/mL; pwd for IM inj or continuous IV drip after reconstitution; contains sodium 1.68mEq per million Units. Bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, pericarditis ...