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Chapter 19, Problem 7SA
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Reason that Penicillin is not an effective drug of choice although in 1955 Staphylococcus infections were effectively treated by this drug.

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Penicillin is an antibiotic drug which interferes with the synthesis of peptidoglycan in the cell wall of bacteria. This leads to the death of bacteria strains which causes infection inside the human body.

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