Penicillin/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Antibiotic [r]: Drugs that reduce the growth or reproduction of bacteria. ^[e]
• Antibiotic resistance [r]: The development of resistance to an antibiotic in an organism originally susceptible to it ^[e]
• Penicillin
• Lactam [r]: A cyclic amide chemical compound. Important component of many antibiotics. ^[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 $\beta$-lactam based, penicillin-like, penicillinase-resistant antibiotic. ^[e]
• Flucloxacillin [r]: Pencillin-like $\beta$-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 [r]: phenoxymethyl penicillin, a broad-spectrum, beta-lactam-based antibiotic used to treat Gram-positive bacteria infections. ^[e]
• Piperacillin [r]: A $\beta$-lactam antibiotic derived from ampicillin that is similar to penicillin. ^[e]