Surrounded by dozens of these ceramic fermentation vessels in a kind of mold factory, six female technicians known as the “penicillin girls” carefully cultivated the Oxford team’s prized ...

"For school-aged children with rheumatic fever, monthly intramuscular penicillin injections for around 10 years can be painful and traumatic if they have a fear of needles, and some people may ...

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 ...

The intramuscular injection of 1,200,000 units of benzathine penicillin in 40 children convalescent from rheumatic fever was followed by systemic reactions evidenced by fever (12.5 per cent ...