vancomycin

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From vanquish +‎ -o- +‎ -mycin (antibiotic produced by a Streptomyces strain).

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vancomycin (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A glycopeptide antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis, used in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl against Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci resistant to meticillin and enterococci.
    • 1956, J. Geraci, “Some Laboratory and Clinical Experiences with a New Antibiotic, Vancomycin”, in Proc. Staff, Meetings Mayo Clinic, volume 31, number 21, page 564:
      Vancomycin was given intravenously in doses of 0.5 gm. at 6-hour intervals for periods of up to 4 weeks to 9 patients, all of whom had staphylococcal infections.

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