Penicillin: The medicine with the greatest impact on therapeutic outcomes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 677-687

  Kardos, Nelson ^a   Demain, Arnold L ^b  

^a Drew University ^*  (United States)

^b DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Carbapenems; Cephalosporins; Penicillins; Lactams

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BIOPRODUCTS; DISEASE CONTROL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES;

CARBAPENEMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COMMERCIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; PENICILLINS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUBMERGED FERMENTATION; SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC MOLECULES;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AVERMECTIN; BACITRACIN; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHAMYCIN C; DAUNORUBICIN; LINCOMYCIN; MEVINOLIN; MITOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIN G; PRAVASTATIN; RAPAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SIMVASTATIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIBODY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAGNITUDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 82355169031     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3587-6     Document Type: Review

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