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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: National Museum of Australia - Penicillin. | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: PBS - A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries - Alexander Fleming. | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: DermNet - Penicillin. | Nov 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Alexander Fleming (18811955): Discoverer of penicillin. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Sir Alexander Fleming: Scottish researcher who discovered penicillin (PDF). | Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Penicillin - Uses, Side Effects, and More. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - How Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin. | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Penicillin. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: MSD Manual - Professional Version - Penicillins. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Penicillin. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah State University - Department of Biology - Intermountain Herbarium - Penicillin: The First Miracle Drug. | Aug 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology - A review of penicillin binding protein and group A Streptococcus with reduced-β-lactam susceptibility. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Alexander Fleming Discovery and Development of Penicillin. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet - Penicillin. | Apr 04, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS NewsHour - The real story behind penicillin. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - Penicillins. | Oct 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Before She Was a Virgin...": Doris Day and the Decline of Female Film Comedy in the 1950s and 1960s. | Aug 18, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What to know about Penicillins? | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Penicillin. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Dec 14, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - What is penicillin, and how was it discovered? | Jan 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biochemical Society - Biochemist e-volution - Norman Heatley: the forgotten man of penicillin. | Oct 31, 2018 | ||
| Added a photo showing a skin rash caused by hypersensitivity to penicillin. | Jan 26, 2017 | ||
| Added information on natural penicillins and penicillinase-resistant penicillins. | Jan 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of Alexander Fleming. | Nov 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of Jonas Salk and Albert Bruce Sabin. | Nov 18, 2016 | ||
| media added. | Feb 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Penicillin. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic - Penicillin. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Drugs.com - Penicillin. | Mar 21, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 08, 2009 | ||
| New illustration added. | Jan 21, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cells alive! - How Penicillin Kills Bacteria. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The History learning Site- Alexander Fleming and Penicillin. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Illinois Periodicals Online - Penicillin. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kennesaw State University - Penicillin. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Elmhurst College - Penicillin. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: MedlinePlus - Penicillin V Potassium Oral. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Utah State University - Penicillin. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Hawaii - Penicillin. | Apr 02, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries - Alexander Fleming. | Dec 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries - Alexander Fleming. | Dec 05, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 16, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 07, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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