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Why was Norman heatley so important to the success of the work on penicillin?
because his own DNA has been extracted from penicillin
What happens if you take penicillin on a full stomach?
the penicillin would be deactiviated and therefore not work as the acid in your stomach gets higher to digest the food the penicillin will not perform how it should do !! =D
What mean pencillin reststance?
Penicillin resistance means that penicillin does not work against the particular organism or against the particular disease.
Will penicillin vk 500 mg work on dogs?
Yes
Antimicrobial against E coli?
There are some strains of E-coli for which there is no current antibiotic that is effective however chlorine bleach will still work on contaminated surfaces.
Why did Alexander Fleming find penicillin hard to work with?
Alexander Fleming found penicillin hard to work with because he struggled to isolate and purify the compound from the mold, which was a time-consuming and challenging process. Additionally, the mold produced penicillin in small quantities, making it difficult to obtain enough for effective use.
How Does penicillin work for an abscess tooth?
The best antibiotic for an abscessed tooth can depend on how bad the infection is and which the dentist prefers. Sometimes penicillin is best if the infection is bad. Amoxicillin is part of the penicillin family and is associated with the treatment of abscessed teeth.
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.
Why is penicillin V called penicillin V?
Penicillin G procaine is an antibiotic that is given by injection into a muscle. It is approved to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body. It does not work to treat viral infections, such as the common cold. Note: The above is a quote from the website linked below. What does G in penicillin G stand for? The letter G in penicillin G stands for the phrase gold standard, as in gold standard Penicillin
How do antibiotics work on gram - negative bacteria?
Gram negative bacterial cells have an outer membrane that interferes with antibiotics and drug entry into the cell. The bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are E. coli, salmonella, shigella, and Yersina. The first three affect the GI tract and the second causes the Black Death. These are resistant to penicillin. So ampicillin and streptomycin are used.
Are non-dividing bacteria sensitive to penicillin?
No, it is not. Only dividing bacteria are sensitive to penicillin, as it usually work by either damaging the harmful dividing bacteria's cell membrane or preventing its growth.
How often can you take penicillin G injections without becoming immune?
It's not up to you, it's up to the bacteria which are infecting you. If you already have bacteria with high resistance to penicillin, it won't work the first time. If your bacterial infection has no genes for resistance, penicillin could work forever. So the answer varies between 0 and infinity. This is not a question for wiki, but for your physician.
