what is a penicillin and amoxicillin difference
Answer Wiki. Both Amoxicillin and penicillin are antibiotics, the only subtle difference between them is that penicillin is synthetically produced. However, amoxicillin is a semi-synthetic penicillin medicine. Amoxicillin can be called as an improved version of penicillin.
Amoxicillin is effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It kills similar bacteria but it less effective than penicillin against streptococcus pneumococcus (a type of bacteria that causes infections like pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia [blood infection], ear infections and sinus infections).