Penicillins

• Facts:
  Interfere with cell wall synthesis by inhibition of peptidoglycan cross-linking
  
  Penicillin gets more anaerobes than cephalosporins ; both get Group A Strep and spirochetes
  
• Indications:
  Ample spectrum (penicillinase sensitive)
  
  1) Amoxicillin (Amoxil) and Ampicillin (Omnipen) HELPS+
  H. Influenza , E. Coli, L isteria, P roteus, S almonella
  
  + Amoxicillin kills Enterococcus (GDS—UTI’s)
  
  2) Piperacillin (Piperacil)
  3) Ticarcillin (Ticar)
  
  Penicillins and B lactamase inhibitors
  
  1) Amoxicillin / Clavulanic acid ( Augmentin )
  2) Ampicillin / Sulbactam (Unasyn)
  3) Pen G
  4) Pen V
  5) Piperacillin / Tazobactam (Zosyn)
  6) Ticarcillin / Clavulanic acid (Timentin)
  7) Methicillin / Naficillin / Dicloxacillin (for S.Aureus)
• See Also:
  Antibiotics