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Parent topics
- Antibiotic [r]: Drugs that reduce the growth or reproduction of bacteria. [e]
- Penicillin [r]: A class of antibiotic drugs that have a common β-lactam core structure. [e]
- lactam [r]: A cyclic amide chemical compound. Important component of many antibiotics. [e]
- Oral drug administration [r]: A convenient means of administering medications, but that requires that the drug preparation be able to withstand the acid and enzymes of the stomach, and also pass the stomach wall into the blood if the drug is to act systemically [e]
Related Penicillins
- Amoxicillin [r]: A beta-lactam based antibiotic drug similar to ampicillin but which has enhanced stability towards gastric juices. [e]
- Ampicillin [r]: A broad-spectrum antibiotic and a derivative of penicillin. [e]
- Azlocillin [r]: An antibiotic, β-lactam drug used to treat infections. [e]
- Carbenicillin [r]: A beta-lactam antibiotic and penicillin derivative used against infections of the urinary tract. [e]
- Cloxacillin [r]: A penicillin-like, beta-lactam antibiotic used to treat infections. [e]
- Dicloxacillin [r]: A
-lactam based, penicillin-like, penicillinase-resistant antibiotic. [e]
- Flucloxacillin [r]: Pencillin-like -lactam antibiotic and an analog of cloxacillin. [e]
- Hetacillin [r]: A penicillin-like, beta-lactam-based antibiotic prodrug used to treat infections. [e]
- Oxacillin [r]: A penicillin beta-lactam antibiotic similar to flucloxacillin and used in resistant staphylococci infections. [e]
- Mezlocillin [r]: A penicillin-like, beta-lactam antibiotic medication. [e]
- Penicillin G [r]: also called benzopenicillin or benzylpenicillin, is an antibiotic derived from penicillin and used to treat severe infections from most Gram-positive and some Gram-negative cocci. [e]
- Penicillin V
- Piperacillin [r]: A -lactam antibiotic derived from ampicillin that is similar to penicillin. [e]
