Compound ID | 2754
Synonym(s): Disodium-α-sulfobenzylpenicillin | Sulbenicillin sodium
Class: Beta-lactam
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive & Gram-negative |
| Details of activity: | Active against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus viridans, Diplococcus pneumoniae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Neisseria gonorrhoea, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei, Salmonella typhosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Proteus vulgaris, Proteus mirabilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; cell wall synthesis inhibitor |
| Description: | Semisynthetic antibiotic; derived from penicillin; shows similar activity profile to carbenicillin; mutual cross-resistance across sulfocillin, carbenicillin, ampicillin, and benzylpenicillin observed |
| Institute where first reported: | Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan |
| Year first mentioned: | 1971 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/443984 |
| Citation: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/antibiotics1968/24/9/24_9_607/_pdf/-char/en |