"Penicillin G" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A penicillin derivative commonly used in the form of its sodium or potassium salts in the treatment of a variety of infections. It is effective against most gram-positive bacteria and against gram-negative cocci. It has also been used as an experimental convulsant because of its actions on GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID mediated synaptic transmission.
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D010400
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750.750 D02.886.108.750.750 D03.633.100.300.750.750
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Syphilitic meningitis with papilledema. South Med J. 1977 Aug; 70(8):1013-4.