Penicillin Susceptible

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PS
Pronunciation
/ˌpɛnəˈsɪlən səˈsɛptəbəl/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Hospitals

Examples in Context

  1. Only 21.4 % of them were resistant to penicillin with 16 strains were low-level resistant to penicillin and 2 strains was high-level resistant to penicillin. Almost all of them were susceptible to vancomycin and rifampin.
  2. Staphylococci, including the strains resistant to penicillin, methicillin or other antibiotics, are particularly susceptible to Fucidin.
  3. A semisynthetic derivative of penicillin that is effective in the treatment of infections caused by certain susceptible strains of Gram-negative bacteria, such as Pseudomonas and Proteus.

Other meanings of PS