- penicillin G and penicillin V
- have a narrow spectrum of clinical use (this means there are only a few organisms that they are able to successfully treat with this class of penicillin)
- good for common gram-positive bacteria that cause ear and throat infections, venereal diseases of gonorrhea and syphilis, and staph infections due to Staphylococcus aureusthat cause abscesses, endocarditis and pneumonia
- a very high number of the drugs in this group are resistant to organisms that produce penicillinase [Penicillinase is an enzyme that some bacteria are capable of producing. This enzyme is also called a beta-lactamase and it inactivates some of the penicillins.]
- ampicillin, amoxicillin
- have an extended or broad spectrum of clinical use
- work equally as well as penicillin G class plus effective against Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Haemophilus influenzae which are associated with urinary, respiratory and ear infections
- all drugs in this class can be taken orally as they are well-absorbed from the GI tract. Patients will get higher plasma levels of amoxicillin than with ampicillin, so amoxicillin is more frequently ordered
- ampicillin can also be given IM or IV
- not very effective against penicillinase-producing organisms
- carbenicillin and ticarcillin
- carbenicillin can be given orally; ticarcillin is given IM or IV
- broader spectrum of use than the second-generation penicillins
- used in the treatment of serious urinary, respiratory and bacteremic infections due to gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus vulgaris
- not resistant to penicillinase-producing organisms
- mezlocillin sodium, piperacillin
- more potent than the other three classes
- given IM or IV
- have less sodium salt in them than the other penicillins so if a patient has congestive heart failure and needs restricted sodium intake this may be a reason for the doctor choosing one of these penicillins for them
- used for serious infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Bacteroides fragilis in combination with other antibiotics
- not resistant to penicillinase-producing organisms
1. http://www.emedexpert.com/classes/antibiotics.shtml
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalosporin
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-lactam_antibiotic
em korang nampak tak ade bayang2 seorang ahli farmasi muslim kat hujung road yang kita amik tu?
hehe~ (sumber gambar)
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
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