Question

If a patient presents with a streptococcus viridans infection, his doctor may prescribe oral penicillin taken four times daily. Why does he have to take the penicillin so often?.

Answer 1

If a patient presents with a streptococcus viridans infection, his doctor may prescribe oral penicillin taken four times daily. He has to take the penicillin so often because the renal tubules extract penicillin from the blood and secrete it into the urine.