amino b-lactam antibiotic. As with other ampicillin prodrugs such as pivampicillin and talampicillin, bacampicillin was developed almost 30 years ago under the hypothesis that the addition of a lipophilic moiety to the hydrophilic ampicillin molecule would improve intestinal absorption of the parent drug. It has been reported that ampicillin exhibits 33—54% bioavailability after oral administra...

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