epicillin

semisynthetic penicillin type antibiotic; minor descriptor (75-85); on-line & Index Medicus search AMPICILLIN/AA (75-85); RN given refers to (2s(2alpha,5alpha,6beta(S*)))-isomer

Also Known As:

6-(D-2-amino-2-(1,4-cyclohexadien-1-yl)acetamido)-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-4-thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid; Dexacillin; SQ 11,302; SQ-11,302; Spectacillin; dihydroampicillin

Networked: 31 relevant articles (2 outcomes, 1 trials/studies)

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Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Infections 08/01/1976 - "Clinical and bacteriological evaluation of a twice daily regimen of epicillin capsules for the treatment of skin infections." 05/02/1975 - "[Clinical study with Spectacillin on patients with infections of the urogenital system (author's transl)]." 09/10/1974 - "[Use of epicillin in gynecological and obstetrical infections (author's transl)]." 08/01/1973 - "[Epicillin in the treatment of infections of the upper respiratory tract]." 05/15/1971 - "Clinical trial of epicillin in infections of urinary tract."
2.	Typhoid Fever (Typhoid) 10/01/1977 - "The efficacy of epicillin in enteric fever (a comparative study with that of chloramphenicol)." 01/01/1977 - "A comparative study of epicillin and chloramphenicol in the treatment of enteric fever." 01/01/1977 - "One hundred patients with acute enteric fever were randomly assigned to treatment with either chloramphenicol 50 mg/kg body-weight or epicillin 1 g six hourly. " 01/01/1976 - "Strains of Salmonella typhi (148) and Salmonella paratyphi A (27) isolated from the blood of patients with clinical features of enteric fever were tested in vitro for their sensitivity to epicillin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol and furazolidone. "
3.	Cystic Fibrosis (Mucoviscidosis) 01/01/1987 - "Cephalexin and trimethoprim are absorbed at a slower rate; epicillin, azlocillin, ticarcillin sulfonamides were eliminated at a faster rate by the kidneys which was unique to patients with cystic fibrosis. " 01/01/1987 - "Serum concentrations and urinary excretion of cephalexin, epicillin, azlocillin, ticarcillin, trimethoprim-sulfa and gentamicin useful in the treatment of these infections were investigated in cystic fibrosis patients suffering from pulmonary infections. " 05/01/1988 - "Delayed absorption from the gastrointestinal tract has been reported in patients with cystic fibrosis for cloxacillin, epicillin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin and probably for cephalexin, para-aminobenzoic acid and chloramphenicol. "
4.	Chronic Bronchitis 01/01/1978 - "[Treatment of chronic bronchitis with acute exacerbation (purulent form) with oral epicillin]." 07/17/1979 - "[The treatment of chronic bronchitis with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (bactrim) a double-blind trial in comparison with epicillin (spectacillin) (author's transl)]."
5.	Urinary Tract Infections (Urinary Tract Infection) 05/14/1979 - "[Microbiological analysis of the results of treatment of urinary tract infections with epicillin]." 12/01/1978 - "[Treatment of urinary tract infections with epicillin]." 07/08/1972 - "A clinical evaluation of epicillin (dexacillin) in the treatment of urinary tract infections."

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Trimethoprim (Proloprim)
2.	Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin)
3.	Cephalexin (Cefalexin)
4.	Ticarcillin (Tarcil)
5.	Sulfonamides
6.	Gentamicins (Gentamicin)
7.	Azlocillin (Azlin)
8.	epicillin
9.	Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination Trimethoprim (Co-Trimoxazole)
10.	Sulfamethoxazole

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Therapeutics