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Benzylpenicillin, also known as penicillin G (PenG [4]) or BENPEN, [5] is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections. [6] This includes pneumonia , strep throat , syphilis , necrotizing enterocolitis , diphtheria , gas gangrene , leptospirosis , cellulitis , and tetanus . [ 6 ]
Benzathine benzylpenicillin, also known as benzathine penicillin G (BPG), is an antibiotic medication useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [3] Specifically it is used to treat strep throat, diphtheria, syphilis, and yaws. [3] [5] It is also used to prevent rheumatic fever. [5] It is given by injection into a muscle.
ATC code J01 Antibacterials for systemic use is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.
It is a form of penicillin which is a salt of benzylpenicillin and the local anaesthetic agent procaine. [9] The salt has weak solubility, and is prepared as a suspension. Upon injection it forms a deposit within tissue (a "depot'), and the salt slowly dissolves into interstitial fluid - dissociating the two molecules into their bioactive forms over an extended pe
Penicillin G (benzylpenicillin) was first produced from a penicillium fungus that occurs in nature. The strain of fungus used today for the manufacture of penicillin G was created by genetic engineering to improve the yield in the manufacturing process.
Benzathine benzylpenicillin/procaine benzylpenicillin, sold under the brand name Bicillin C-R, is an antibiotic medication. [1] It contains the antibiotics benzathine benzylpenicillin (penicillin G benzathine) and procaine benzylpenicillin (penicillin G procaine).
Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) is used to administer non-oral antibiotics (usually intravenously) without the need for ongoing hospitalisation.OPAT is particularly useful for people who are not severely ill but do require a prolonged course of treatment that cannot be given in oral form. [1]
β-Lactam antibiotics are indicated for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible organisms. At first, β-lactam antibiotics were mainly active only against gram-positive bacteria, yet the recent development of broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics active against various gram-negative organisms has increased their usefulness.