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Is penicillin a broad spectrum antibiotic?

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Penicillin antibiotic in broad spectrum?

No, Pencillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic.


Is there penicillin in moxibay 400mg broad spectrum antibiotic?

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Does penicillin capsules work for human infections?

Penicillin is not a broad spectrum antibiotic like chloramphenicol or the tetracycline. In fact the penicillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic. It kills the gram positive and gram negative cocci and gram positive bacilli only. Now a days many bacteria has become resistant to penicillin.


What is broad or narrow spectrum?

Term broad and narrow spectrum are used in antibiotics The broad spectrum antibiotic can have its effect on many microbial species like penicillin and a narro spectrum antibiotic have its effect on one or few species


Is tetracycline a broad or narrow spectrum antibiotic?

Broad


What broad spectrum antibiotic is used on chlamydia and works at the ribosome?

Azithromycin is the broad spectrum antibiotic that kills chlamydia by working at the ribosome.


Is bacterium a broad spectrum antibiotic?

There is no antibiotic called as bacterium. So there is no question of it's being called as broad spectrum or narrow spectrum antibiotic. Bacterium is a term related to bacteria, a type of micro-organism.


WHAT IS ultra-broad spectrum?

It is a term for antibiotics. An ultra broad range antibiotic can be used against many no. of microbes not a particular microbe. Meropenem is an ultra broad spectrum antibiotic.


What is a miscellaneous antibiotic?

A wide range antibiotic that will cover a broad spectrum of possible bacteria.


Are mycin drugs in the penicillin family?

No. For example, Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic with an antimicrobial spectrum slightly wider than penicillin, and is often used for people with a penicillin allergy.


What does tetracyclin do?

It is a broad spectrum antibiotic that is particularly successful in treating Rickettsial infections.


What ailments does auromycin cure?

Auromycin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic. It main use is for the treatment of penicillin-resistant bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, sepsis, and Staphylococcus aureus. The treatment can also cure typhus, pneumonia and amoebic dysentery.