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Gonorrhea, once readily treatable with penicillin and more recently with cephalosporin antibiotics, has developed a drug-resistant strain that may leave millions of people worldwide with fewer...
Despite penicillin and the dozens of antibiotics that followed it, streptococcus bacteria... and colleagues were able to produce a roadmap for the evolution of a major multidrug resistant clones... 
resistance to penicillin. It worked, but only until bacteria like methicillin-resistant Stapphylococcus.... Some antibiotics, like penicillin, prevent the target bacterium from manufacturing a substance called peptidoglycan... 
particularly adaptable to antibiotics. In fact, it was the first bacteria to be found to be penicillin-resistant. It showed resistant to penicillin in 1947 — a mere four years after penicillin became widely available... 
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For patients with penicillin (PCN) allergies, it is safe to administer...- and second-generation CPN should only be avoided when the penicillin antibiotic shares structurally similar...
to failed treatment and contribute to antibiotic resistance.
Oral penicillins (such as amoxicillin..., University of London, are calling for a review of penicillin dosing guidelines for children...
Fascinating new discovery Link: BBC NEWS | Health | Penicillin bug genome unravelled... antibiotics to overcome problems of resistance
of administration of drugs to "food animals" is enabling the evolution of some really frighteningly resistant...
Two common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA... photo-irradiation.
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections represent an important and increasing...
enzymes that confer resistance to penicillin-type antibiotics. ESBLs have been commonly linked...
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A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium linked to urinary tract infections (UTIs... 
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