PENICILLIN has been obtained in the form of a highly purified barium salt by repeated fractional extraction from amyl acetate into water, chromato-graphic separation on an alumina column ...

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 ...

This week's topics include a better way to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib), managing bleeding in cardiac surgery, penicillin for strep infections, and treating pulmonary hypertension. Rick ...

He first colorfully dubbed the substance “mold juice,” later changing it to “penicillin,” after the fungus that produced it. Fleming announced his discovery’s infection-fighting ...

The story of penicillin - the first antibiotic used successfully to treat people with serious infectious diseases - begins with a bit of luck. Alexander Fleming, a British scientist, noticed in ...

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 ...

If you have ever had an allergic reaction to penicillin, you may have been told to also avoid cephalosporin antibiotics. Most ...

This unassuming object made it possible for the first clinical trials of penicillin to take place. Most people contact the names of Florey and Chain with the story of penicillin, but their team ...

Establishing a clear penicillin allergy assessment pathway (PAAP) in a safe clinical setting can be effective in ...