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ampicillin

ampicillin \ampicillin\ n. 1. a semisynthetic penicillin which can be considered as the common benzylpenicillin containing an amino group at the alpha benzyl position.

Note: It is more active against certain gram-negative bacteria than is benzylpenicillin. It found wide use in treatment of bacterial infections, and has been sold under many trade names.

Syn: D(-)-[alpha]-aminobenzylpenicillin.

Wiktionary
ampicillin

n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A broad-spectrum antibiotic having a beta-lactam structure.

WordNet
ampicillin

n. semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin) [syn: Principen, Polycillin, SK-Ampicillin]

Wikipedia
Ampicillin

Ampicillin is an antibiotic used to prevent and treat a number of bacterial infections. It is used to treat respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, meningitis, salmonellosis, and endocarditis. It may also be used to prevent group B streptococcal infection in newborns. It is used by mouth, by injection into a muscle, or intravenously. Like all antibiotics, it is not useful for the treatment of viral infections.

Common side effects include rash, nausea, and diarrhea. It should not be used in people who are allergic to penicillin. Serious side effects may include Clostridium difficile colitis or anaphylaxis. While usable in those with kidney problems the dose may need to be decreased. Its use during pregnancy and breastfeeding appear to be generally safe.

Ampicillin was developed in 1961. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system. Its wholesale cost in the developing world is between US$0.13 and 1.20 for a vial of the intravenous solution as of 2014. In the United States, it is available as a generic medication and 10 days of treatment costs about $13.

Usage examples of "ampicillin".

Tylenol, ampicillin, amoxicillin, Dilantin, phenobarbital, erythromycin, Ceclor, Tegretol, Benadryl, Pediazole, Vi-Daylin Multivitamins with Iron, Alupent, Depakene, and Valium.

Penicillin, ampicillin, neomycin, vancomycin, even ciprofloxacin, you name it.

To fight her infection, she was given a succession of antibiotics: ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, nafcillin, ceftriaxone, clindamycin, tobramycin, and ceftazidime.

In South Africa a strain was found to be resistant not only to penicillin, but to most of its successors, including ampicillin, streptomycin, methicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline.

Her parents were instructed, via an English-speaking relative, to give her 250 milligrams of ampicillin twice a day, to clear up her aspiration pneumonia, and twenty milligrams of Dilantin elixir, an anticonvulsant, twice a day, to suppress any further grand mal seizures.

He always gets in such a hurry he forgets to take his Ampicillin beforehand like I told him to.

Sure enough, this was the case inNogales: within spitting distance of the border a chemist was advertising amoxycillin and ampicillin at 35 per cent discount.

Garcia prepared a syringe of ampicillin and prayed to God for the souls of the monsters that could do this to another man.

To fight her infection, she was given a succession of antibiotics: ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, nafcillin, ceftriaxone, clindamycin, tobramycin, and ceftazidime.

Penicillin, ampicillin, neomycin, vancomycin, even ciprofloxacin, you name it.