Penicillin

Descriptions of Penicillin

Penicillin: any of various antibiotics obtained from penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
Source: WordNet 2.1

Penicillin: A group of antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group. The penicillin nucleus is the chief structural requirement for biological activity. The side-chain structure determines many of the antibacterial and pharmacological characteristics. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1065)
Source: Diseases Database

Penicillin : group of natural or semisynthetic antibacterial antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group; they exert a bacteriocidal as well as bacteriostatic effect on susceptible bacteria by interfering with the final stages of the synthesis of cell wall peptidoglycan.
Source: CRISP

Basic Information: Penicillin

Penicillin: The first ever discovered antibiotic still used today.

Count: Penicillin is listed as a: treatment for 26 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 0 conditions.

Penicillin is a type of: Antibiotics (316)

Treatments: list of all treatments

List of Diseases with Penicillin as a Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Penicillin' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

A

• Acute rheumatic fever ... penicillin
• Anthrax ... penicillin
• Anthrax meningitis ... penicillin

B

• Breast abscess ... penicillin

C

• Capnocytophaga ... penicillin
• Conjunctivitis ... penicillin

E

• Erythema chronicum migrans ... penicillin

G

• Gangrene ... penicillin
• Glomerulonephritis ... penicillin
• Gonorrhea ... penicillin

L

• Lyme disease ... penicillin (intravenous), penicillin intravenously, penicillin

M

• Mastitis ... penicillin
• Melioidosis ... penicillin
• Meningococcal disease ... penicillin

N

• Necrotizing fasciitis ... intravenous penicillin and clindamycin

P

• Pulmonary Anthrax ... penicillin

R

• Rheumatic fever ... penicillin

S

• Sickle Cell Anemia ... preventive penicillin
• Staphylococcal infection ... penicillin
• Strep throat ... penicillin
• Streptococcal Infections ... penicillin
• Sydenham chorea ... Penicillin
• Syphilis ... penicillin, injected penicillin

T

• Tonsilitis ... penicillin
• Toxic Shock Syndrome ... penicillin

Y

• Yaws ... penicillin

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