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Oxacillin vs Amoxicillin - What's the difference?

oxacillin | amoxicillin |

As nouns the difference between amoxicillin and oxacillin

is that amoxicillin is a moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula C16H19N3O5S while oxacillin is a narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic related to penicillin.

oxacillin

English

Noun

(wikipedia oxacillin) (-)
  • A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic related to penicillin

    • amoxicillin

    English

    (wikipedia amoxicillin)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, ?-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula C16H19N3O5S.