Penicillin G sodium 5million Units/mL; pwd for IM inj or continuous IV drip after reconstitution; contains sodium 1.68mEq per million Units. Bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, pericarditis ...

Failure to recover the compound in urine after intravenous administration could be attributed to degradation of the antibiotic to an inactive form, excretion into the small intestine via the bile ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD If you have ever had an allergic reaction to penicillin, you may have been ...

Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of a mold with antibacterial properties was only the first serendipitous event on the long road to penicillin as a life-saving drug. Hannah is an Assistant Editor at ...

Fleming presented his findings in 1929, but they raised little interest. He published a report on penicillin and its potential uses in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. Fleming worked ...