To,
Gerd,
That's true. It is active in gram negative cocci too. Before the
discovery of modified /semisynthetic penicillins, it was widely used for
this purpose.
Dr.Suresh Joshi.
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Gerd wrote:
> Testing Penicillin-G aganst several strains of bacteria was part of an
> experiment I asked some students to do.
> In their reports some of the students mention that P-G is supposed to be
> active against G+ bacteria, which is obvious, but in addition it's supposed
> to be active against G neg. cocci.
> Anyone having an explanation?
> Personally I do only have teoretical knowledge about P-G, and my knowledge
> about differences between cellwalls of cocci and bacilli is scarse. Could
> anyone explain, please.
>> Gerd
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