Penicillin

In 1945, Ernst Boris Chain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for creating Penicillin and “in addition to the Nobel Prize, he received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Silver Berzelius Medal of the Swedish Medical Society, the Pasteur Medal of the Pasteur Institute and the Societé de Chimie Biologique, the Paul Ehrlich…

lifesaving medicine as easy as walking to the pharmacy. Without the discovery of penicillin, insulin and the first respirator, also known as the “Iron lung” many more people would have perished as a result due to bacterial infections, diabetes and polio. These technological advancements in medicine have allowed doctors to save many lives and discover newer methods of treating patients. Before the introduction of penicillin there was no effective treatment for infections such as pneumonia,…

known to most people as the “Penicillin Man.” Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on August 6, 1881 (Biography.com Editors). Sir Alexander Fleming was a doctor and bacteriologist most notorious for his discovery of the penicillin. Fleming was one the most important scientists in the medical world, whose actions changed the world. Through years of work, Alexander Fleming made a major contribution through his discovery of the world’s first antibiotic, Penicillin. Sir Alexander…

Within this article, the author starts a story about Winston Churchill and his fight against pneumonia. The author talks about the story about penicillin saving the PM’s life, and how the father of penicillin himself, Alexander Fleming, disproved that story. The author then goes on to talk about the predecessor of penicillin: Sulfa(sulfonamide) drugs. The discovery of sulfa drugs led to a huge revolution in America, talking about how sulfa drugs saved so many American soldier and citizen lives…

antibiotics is important. It keeps the disease at bay and ensures a healthy population. (Anon, 2016) Antibiotics are substances that kill bacteria or stop their growth. They don’t work against viruses, as viruses live and reproduce inside cells. Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming. (American Chemical Society, 2016) Alexander…

Date: 12/6/2014 P1 IPPE Drug Inquiries Log # Requestor Question Answer Reference 1 Pharmacist (Roby) Can a patient who is allergic to Penicillin take Augmentin? Why or why not? Patient who is allergic to Penicillin cannot take Augmentin because Augmentin contain combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium, and amoxicillin belongs to penicillin class of antibiotic. □ Facts & Comparisons □ Lexi-Comp □ Micromedex □ Clinical Pharmacology □ Package Insert 2 Pharmacist (Roby) Can a pregnant…

infected with the bacteria causing gonorrhea. Angela Woodward reports, “The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was easily cured with a single dose of penicillin in the middle of the twentieth century. By the 1970s, penicillin-resistant strains of the disease had become prevalent in Asia, and migrated from there to the rest of the world. Penicillin was no longer used to treat gonorrhea in the United States after 1987” (Woodward, para 4). Gonorrhea remains a serious global health problem…

The results can be evaluated that ß Lactam is an antibiotic that is resistant to penicillin and the Ampicillin is an antibiotic in the penicillin group. The Ampicillin had no effect in the non Beta Lactamase, because it had no ß Lactam that made it easier for the E.coli to spread around the plate. The Ampicillin in the Beta Lactamase has ß Lactam that is resistant to penicillin, which makes the Ampicillin react to the E.coli and prevent it from spreading. With the results, we can…

It is known to be a broad spectrum antibiotic, which means it is capable of killing many different kinds of bacteria, so it is a very valuable drug. Penicillin has helped to save the lives of many people by treating infections who would have otherwise died. I could probably go on and on and continue to discuss many accidental discoveries. The ones I did talk about were the ones that I felt had the…

Methicillin was first developed in 1959 as an antibiotic against penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This beta-lactam antibiotic inhibits the synthesis of bacterial cell walls and inhibits cross-linkage between the linear peptidoglycan polymer chains, essentials for the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria. This antibiotic is a derivative and modification to the original beta-lactam antibiotic penicillin and is penicillinase-resistant, which is effective against S. aureus bacterium’s…