Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN or pen) is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They include penicillin G, procaine penicillin, benzathine penicillin, and penicillin V. Penicillin antibiotics are historically significant because they are the first drugs that were effective against many previously serious diseases, such as syphilis, and infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci. Penicillins are still widely used t...
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Used To Treat:
- Gonorrhoea ,
- Syphilis ,
- Necrotizing fasciitis ,
- Rheumatic fever ,
- Diphtheria ,
- Scarlet fever ,
- Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans ,
- Argyll Robertson pupil ,
- Pneumonia
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