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                                                                Synonyms: MK-191 | Pondocillin®
                                 
                                                         
                            Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Pivampicillin is a pivaloyloxymethyl ester and prodrug of the β-lactam antibacterial compound ampicillin [1]. It has improved oral bioavailability compared to ampicillin and is rapidly hydrolysed to the active form following absorption from the gastrointestinal tract [3].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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                                                                         1. Daehne W, Frederiksen E, Gundersen E, Lund F, Morch P, Petersen HJ, Roholt K, Tybring L, Godtfredsen WO. (1970)
                                         Acyloxymethyl esters of ampicillin. J Med Chem, 13 (4): 607-12. [PMID:5452419]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         2. Holme E, Greter J, Jacobson CE, Lindstedt S, Nordin I, Kristiansson B, Jodal U. (1989)
                                         Carnitine deficiency induced by pivampicillin and pivmecillinam therapy. Lancet, 2 (8661): 469-73. [PMID:2570185]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         3. Roholt K, Nielsen B, Kristensen E. (1974)
                                         Clinical pharmacology of pivampicillin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 6 (5): 563-71. [PMID:15825306]  |