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Penicillin
Penicillin refers to various antibiotics obtained from penicillium fungi or produced synthetically. It was the first drug that was effective in treating different diseases and infections such as Staphylococcus and syphilis.
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No, penicillin is not an antiseptic; it is an antibiotic. Antibiotics like penicillin are used to treat bacterial infections by killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria within the body. Antiseptics, on the other hand, are substances applied to living tissues to reduce the risk of infection by killing or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms on the skin or mucous membranes.
What chemicals interact with penicillin?
Penicillin can interact with a variety of chemicals, including certain beta-lactam antibiotics, which can lead to reduced efficacy or increased toxicity. Additionally, it may interact with probenecid, a medication that can increase penicillin levels in the blood by inhibiting its renal excretion. Antacids and some other medications may also affect penicillin absorption. It's important for patients to inform healthcare providers of all medications they are taking to avoid potential interactions.
Why does a cell die in the presence of penicillin?
Penicillin targets the bacterial cell wall synthesis by inhibiting the enzyme transpeptidase, which is crucial for forming cross-links in the peptidoglycan layer. Without these cross-links, the cell wall becomes weak and unable to withstand osmotic pressure, leading to cell lysis and death. Additionally, penicillin is more effective against actively dividing bacteria, as it disrupts the process of cell wall formation during growth. Thus, in its presence, bacteria cannot maintain their structural integrity and ultimately die.
How many things can be treated by penicillin?
There are several types of penicillins, each used to treat different kinds of infections, such as skin infections, dental infections, ear infections, respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and other infections caused by bacteria. These drugs will not work for olds, flu, and other infections caused by viruses.
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Why is penecillin called happy accident?
I can't go into great detail but i know that when it was invented by Alexander Flemming in 1928 it was entirely by chance. He left his lab window open and found a mould had grown in the petri dish by the window which turned out to be naturally occurring penecillin. So i presume it's called a happy accident because something good came out of a mistake made by whoever was responsible for not closing the windows!
Can you take hydrocodone with penicillin?
You can take hydrocodone with penicillin. ER doctors will lots of times prescribe them together for a tooth ache
If medicines were not available how would the world be effected today?
the world would have far less humans and everyone would be ill.
Can you take presnidone if you are allergic to antibiotics?
Prednisone is a corticosteroid. It doesn't have much in common with antibiotics, so it's probably okay.
Will penicillin v help wisdom tooth pain?
Yes it helps fight inflamation of the gums which can be the cause of the pain
Can you be reinfected with gonorrhea while on penicillin?
Yes you can be reinfected with gonorrhea while on penicillin.
When does syphilis need to be cured?
Syphilis need to treated on priority basis. Otherwise the chronic infection is the rule.
Can you get strep throat if on penicillin?
Yes,but MOST people do NOT.
If it is a resistant strain of strep,or your body has immunity to penicillin...
Is it safe to take penicillin vk same time as flucloxacillin?
It is best to use only one at a time unless otherwise prescribed by your physician.
How did penicillin make the population rise?
Penicillin was indirectly responsible for a rise in population. It is important to be clear that penicillin did not cause more people to be born (causing a rise in population), it did however prevent many people from dying from what were common causes of death. As a result, more people were living longer, whilst people continued to be born at the same rate. Over time this caused an increase in population amongst places were penicillin was used.
How do the antibiotic actions of penicillin and streptomycin differ?
Penicillin is a beta-lactam antibiotic while streptomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic.
Beta-lactams generally act by inhibiting transpeptidation of peptidoglycan synthesis in cell wall synthesis.
Aminoglycosides interact with the 30s ribosomal subunit and inhibits protein synthesis in the cell.
Why did Alexander Fleming call the first anitibiotic penicillin?
Fleming stumbled across the Penicillium bacterium by accident; he didn't mean to create the drug. When he discovered that the mold could kill other bacteria in a Petri dish, he wondered if the same could happen inside the human body, and started experimenting until he came up with penicillin. Now, penicillin is one of the most widely-used antibiotics.
The drug was named after the mold it comes from, Penicillium. The mold looks like a brush under the microscope, and "penicillus" means "small brush" in Latin.
The discovery of penicillin is credited to Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist who famously cultured Penicillium notatum and collected the secretions from the bacteria in 1928.
However, in 1897 a French physician, Ernest Duchesne, studied the interaction between Escherichia coli and Penicillium glaucum (a different strain). He discovered that the Penicillium killed E. coli and also prevented typhoid (Salmonella typhi) in guinea pigs.
(see related link) Sir Alexander Fleming
Advancements of penicillin for applications as a medicine, were made by Howard Walter Florey, Ernst Chain, and Norman Heatley.
The penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in the year 1928. He discovered it by chance when he was going to show some petri dishes to his former Lab Assistant D. Merlin Pryce.
Two reasons:
1) Not even Fleming believed penicillin could kill bacteria inside the human body. From 1927 to 1931 he studied this possibility, and concluded it would not. Not until the 1940s did researchers find that it was a "miracle drug" in its ability to do so.
2) Manufacturing penicillin, in quantities pure, strong, and large enough to be of medical use, was difficult and expensive -- no drug company wanted to expend the effort to find a way to do so for a drug that was still unproven. More specifically, no company wanted to expend that effort when Fleming refused to patent the drug. If a drug company did expend the resources and found a way to do so, any other company could then use the same process to manufacture penicillin -- meaning the first company to do so would spend the money and every other company would make the profit.
If you are allergic to penicillin and you brethe in or touch it will you have a reaction?
There is a chance that you might if you are really allergic.
