Penicillin is effective against many gram-positive bacteria (seeGram's stain), including those that cause syphilis, meningococcal meningitis, gas gangrene, pneumococcal pneumonia, and some staphylococcal and streptococcal infections. Most gram-negative bacteria are resistant to the antibiotic, but some, ...
Phenoxymethylpenicillin is used for bronchitis, pneumonia, angina, scarlet fever, gonorrhea, syphilis, purulent skin and soft-tissue wounds, and other infectious diseases. Synonyms of this drug are bermycin, isocillin, cristapen, fenospen, uticillin, and others. View all Uses Penicillin V is...
Penicillins (penicillins G [intravenous] and V [oral]): Penicillin G is the drug of choice for Treponema pallidum infection (syphilis) and is useful for the treatment of certain other infections (e.g., group A streptococcal pharyngitis and some anaerobic infections). ▪ Aminopenicillins (amp...
Doxycycline Main uses given previously; also for chronic prostatitis, sinusitis, syphilis, pelvic inflammatory disease, anthrax, malaria, rosacea and acne vulgaris; also used with quinine in the treatment of malaria. Half-life: 18–22 h Lymecycline Main uses given previously. Half-life: 8–10...
infection in America. Though more common in teens and young adults, anyone who is sexually active is potentially at risk. The risk is raised by having multiple sex partners. The incidence of some sexually transmitted diseases, including LGV and syphilis, is increasing in men who have sex with...
Can penicillin V Potassium treat STDS? Penicillin G potassium is a fast-acting antibiotic that fights bacteria in your body. Penicillin G potassium is used to treat many different types of severe infections, including strep and staph infections, diphtheria, meningitis,gonorrhea, and syphilis. ...
In March, 1945, the Ministry of Health recommended that in gonorrhoea, tests of cure should be as set out in the Ministry memorandum, V21 (revised), and that blood tests for syphilis should be spaced over a period of at least six months. This precaution was apparently justified by the ...
This article discusses a case of bilateral buttock eosinophilic cellulitis (EC) that developed after an intramuscular benzathine penicillin injection for syphilis treatment. EC is a rare inflammatory skin disease characterized by erythematous skin lesions with eosinophils extending to subcutaneous tissue. ...
Some uses for penicillin G include serious streptococcal infections, neurosyphilis, and endocarditis. Penicillin V is the drug of choice for treating streptococcal pharyngitis. These drugs are inactivated by β-lactamases. Microbiology and immunology Cell Walls Unique to bacteria is a cell wall ...
We report a case of successful desensitization to penicillin in a 30 year-old pregnant woman with latent syphilis and penicillin allergy, where the first penicillin study was not positive, but the repetition of diagnosis test (reassessment) with the same betalactam reagents than in the first ...