Penicillin G: Side Effects, Uses & Monitoring

Labeled uses

Therapy: Penicillin G Potassium for Injection, USP is indicated in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible strains of the designated microorganisms in the conditions listed below. Appropriate culture and susceptibility tests should be done before treatment in order to isolate and identify organisms causing infection and to determine their susceptibility to penicillin G. Therapy with Penicillin G Potassium for Injection, USP may be initiated before results of such tests are known when there is reason to believe the infection may involve any of the organisms listed below, however, once these results become available, appropriate therapy should be continued. Clinical Indication | Infecting Organism | Septicemia, empyema, pneumonia, pericarditis, endocarditis, meningitis | Streptococcus pyogenes (group A β-hemolytic streptococcus), other β-hemolytic streptococci including groups C,H,G,L and M, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus species (non-penicillinase producing strains) | Anthrax | Bacillus anthracis | Actinomycosis (cervico-facial disease and thoracic and abdominal disease) | Actinomyces israelii | Botulism (adjunctive therapy to antitoxin), gas gangrene,…