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                                                                Synonyms: meticillin
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                methicillin is an approved drug (FDA (1971)) 
                                                        
                                                    
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                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Methicillin/meticillin, is a narrow-spectrum β-lactam antimicrobial compound that was discovered in 1960.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Summary of Clinical Use ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Due to the development of antimicrobial resistance methicillin is no longer effective against many of the organisms for which it was originally prescribed. Its use in humans has largely been replaced by oxacillin. |