Today ' s Treatment Use of antibiotics Penicillins
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Penicillins are among the most frequently prescribed drugs, and the 15 different members are marketed in many forms and combinations. I will try to place the use of both the older ones and also the more recent additions. In both clinical usage and antibacterial activity there are four main divisions of the penicillin family-benzylpenicillin (and other closely related antibiotics), the penicillinase-stable penicillins, the broad-spectrum penicillins, and the antipseudomonal penicillins. All are bactericidal agents. They act by interfering with the final stages of peptidoglycan synthesis, the substance that is found in the bacterial cell wall and is responsible for maintaining its shape.
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