"Penicillin G" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A penicillin derivative commonly used in the form of its sodium or potassium salts in the treatment of a variety of infections. It is effective against most gram-positive bacteria and against gram-negative cocci. It has also been used as an experimental convulsant because of its actions on GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID mediated synaptic transmission.
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D010400
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750.750 D02.886.108.750.750 D03.633.100.300.750.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penicillin G" by people in Profiles.
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Cadavid D, Auwaerter PG, Rumbaugh J, Gelderblom H. Antibiotics for the neurological complications of Lyme disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 12 08; 12:CD006978.
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Fern?ndez MJ, Adrio JL, Piret JM, Wolfe S, Ro S, Demain AL. Stimulatory effect of growth in the presence of alcohols on biotransformation of penicillin G into cephalosporin-type antibiotics by resting cells of Streptomyces clavuligerus NP1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 1999 Oct; 52(4):484-8.
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Cho H, Adrio JL, Luengo JM, Wolfe S, Ocran S, Hintermann G, Piret JM, Demain AL. Elucidation of conditions allowing conversion of penicillin G and other penicillins to deacetoxycephalosporins by resting cells and extracts of Streptomyces clavuligerus NP1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Sep 29; 95(20):11544-8.
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Dickson EW, Heard SO, Chu B, Fraire A, Brueggemann AB, Doern GV. Partial liquid ventilation with perfluorocarbon in the treatment of rats with lethal pneumococcal pneumonia. Anesthesiology. 1998 Jan; 88(1):218-23.
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Bynum G, Brown J, Dubose D, Marsili M, Leav I, Pistole TG, Hamlet M, LeMaire M, Caleb B. Increased survival in experimental dog heatstroke after reduction of gut flora. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1979 Aug; 50(8):816-9.
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Parrillo JE, Borst GC, Mazur MH, Iannini P, Klempner MS, Moellering RC, Anderson SE. Endocarditis due to resistant viridans streptococci during oral penicillin chemoprophylaxis. N Engl J Med. 1979 Feb 08; 300(6):296-300.