Penicillin V. Still the best.
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1936 - 2021: Nothing changed without penicillin
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Broad and Persistent Effects of Benzathine Penicillin G in the Prevention of Acute Streptococcal Disease
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Penicillin V in patients with pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci: The magic bullet in times of Covid-19?
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Peri-operative Antibiotics question
Hello all, I have a question I'm not sure about the answer or where to post on the forum.
Patient is going to have knee replacement and has penicillin allergy, although he is stable on cephalexin. What would be the best antibiotic to use peri-operatively? Choice of antibiotics: cefazolin, vancomycin, clindamycin. I was thinking cefazolin because it's a 1st gen like cephalexin, but a friend argued for vancomycin. What do you guys think? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 19, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: pharmdguy18 Tags: Pharmacy Source Type: forums
Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease, that is the goal. Penicillin is still the magic bullet.
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Re: Penicillin V four times daily for five days versus three times daily for 10 days in patients with pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci: randomised controlled, open label, non-inferiority study
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Some more clinical questions pt.2
Thanks to all who replied to my previous thread. I learned a lot from your different perspectives. Here's another set of questions from issues I've encountered:
How do you deal with timing of different antibiotics peri-operatively? For example: pregnant female comes in for a C-section. She gets penicillin G q4h, then cefazolin once for incision, then ampicillin q6h postpartum for...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 4, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GravityBeetle Tags: Pharmacy Source Type: forums
There is no antimicrobial resistance of Streptococci to Penicillin
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
The problem extends beyond MRSA and Clostridium difficile , and stewardship should still be followed in the presence or absence of penicillin allergy.
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Penicillin allergy assessment: make good use of your pharmacists
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Antibiotics for recurrent urine infection in women are more likely to increase antibiotic resistance than penicillin for sore throats
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Penicillin allergy —getting the label right
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
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Source: The Student Room - August 23, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: sha12345 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
