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- noun medicine A
dehydropeptidase inhibitor that is used in association with certainantibiotics to prevent them being inactivated
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Examples
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Antibiotics providing the best activity rate were imipenem/cilastatin (68%) and piperacillin/tazobactam (53%).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Pascal Augustin 2010
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The best adequacy for EA was obtained by combinations of imipenem/cilastatin or piperacillin/tazobactam, amikacin and a glycopeptide, with values reaching 99% and 94%, respectively.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Pascal Augustin 2010
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