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Penicillin is the first antibiotic to be used in practice in 1939. Sulphonamide is 'not' the antibiotic. It is chemical produced in laboratory. Also called as antibacterial chemotherapeutic agent.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoThis depends on what is meant by antibiotic. The word means against life.
However, many think that antibiotics are those that are naturally produced by one organism against another. In 1895, Vincenzo Tiberio noticed that mold was antibiotic. The mold was Penicillium.
Paul Ehrlich in the late 1880s noticed that certain dyes were antibiotic. So many others felt that these synthetic substances should also be classified with the ones produced naturally. This drug was arsphenamine.
Sulfa drugs also fall within this second group. This was first used around 1932.
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∙ 14y agoThe first antibiotic discovered was Pyocynase in 1888 by E. de Freudenreich
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∙ 12y agopenicillin-it was discovered by Alexander Flemming, but he was unable to finish separating the penicillin from the mold.
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∙ 14y agoThe first antibiotic was Pyocyanase.
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What was the first antibiotic used to fight infection?
The first antibiotic used to fight infection was sulfa.
How did pencillin get its name?
from antibiotic
What name was the purified antibiotic discovered by Brown and Hazen patented under?
Brown purified the antibiotic which was patented under the name nystatin.
How do you spell the word metrogyl?
Metrogyl is the name of an antibiotic medication. It is used to treat infections that may occur during surgery.
What is the name of medication that treats infection?
An antibiotic.
What was the first anti biotic?
the first antibiotic was for the plaque and polio
How do you spell pencillian?
The correct spelling of the antibiotic is penicillin(from Penicillium mold).
What is the name of an antibiotic that begins with the letter f?
They are floxin
What is the name of an antibiotic that begins with the letter c?
Ceclor
What is the name of a one day antibiotic for uti's?
Monurol
Is bleomycin a generic medication or brand name?
It is a generic name of one of the antibiotic.
Is kefelex from the mold family?
Yes, Kefelex is the brand name of an antibiotic of the cephalosporin group. Cephalosporin is produced by the fungus Acremonium, which is the source for the first cephalosporins.
