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    history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of...
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    Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Penicillium moulds, principally P. chrysogenum and P. rubens....
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    work on penicillin at St Mary's ended in 1929. In 1939, a team of scientists at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford,...
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    recommended in those with a history of penicillin allergy. Use during pregnancy is generally safe in the penicillin and β-lactam class of medications. Benzylpenicillin...
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    Phenoxymethylpenicillin, also known as penicillin V (PcV) and penicillin VK, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically...
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    Alexander Fleming (category Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh)
    antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin (or penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium...
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    benzylpenicillin, also known as benzathine penicillin G (BPG), is an antibiotic medication useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically...
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    contain a beta-lactam ring in their chemical structure. This includes penicillin derivatives (penams), cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephems), monobactams...
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  • Procaine benzylpenicillin also known as penicillin G procaine, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically...
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  • (US) History of penicillin List of antibiotics Side effects of penicillin Alan R. Hauser (6 March 2012). Antibiotic Basics for Clinicians: The ABCs of Choosing...
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