Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antibiotic that is derived from a bacterium (Streptomyces capreolus) and is used in its sulfate form to treat tuberculosis.
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- noun A
peptide antibiotic , commonly grouped with theaminoglycosides , given in combination with other antibiotics fortuberculosis .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aspen currently manufactures the oral TB drug cycloserine and within about 15 months will be able to manufacture capreomycin, thanks to Lilly's assistance, said Aspen executive director Stavros
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"Accordingly, the new agreed-upon definition of XDR-TB is the occurrence of TB in persons whose M. tuberculosis isolates are resistant to isoniazid and rifampin plus resistant to any fluoroquinolone and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (i.e. amikacin, kanamycin, or capreomycin)."
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XDR-TB bacteria are resistant to first line therapies, including isoniazid and rifampicin, any fluoroquinolone and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs capreomycin, kanamycin, and amikacin.
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Aspen said on Tuesday Eli Lilly would transfer its technology to Aspen for the production of two drugs that include capreomycin -- one of the few key treatment options for patients with multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
IOL: News 2010
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The structures of the anti-tuberculosis antibiotics viomycin and capreomycin bound to the 70S ribosome
Naturejobs - All Jobs Shan L He 2010
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Using technology called X-ray crystallography, Steitzand his team describe where the antibiotics viomycin and capreomycin bind - at a site between the large and small subunits of the ribosome.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Using technology called X-ray crystallography, Steitzand his team describe where the antibiotics viomycin and capreomycin bind - at a site between the large and small subunits of the ribosome.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Aspen said on Tuesday Eli Lilly would transfer its technology to Aspen for the production of two drugs that include capreomycin -- one of the few key treatment options for patients with multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
IOL: News 2010
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Using technology called X-ray crystallography, Steitzand his team describe where the antibiotics viomycin and capreomycin bind - at a site between the large and small subunits of the ribosome.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The structures of the anti-tuberculosis antibiotics viomycin and capreomycin bound to the 70S ribosome
Naturejobs - All Jobs Deniz Simsek 2010
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