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- noun A
streptogramin antibiotic derived frompristinamycin .
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And only Quinupristin/dalfopristin derived from Pristinamycin seems somewhat effective internally.
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And only Quinupristin/dalfopristin derived from Pristinamycin seems somewhat effective internally.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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The antibiotics to which the staph was resistant included: penicillin and ampicillin; erythromycin; tetracycline; oxacillin, the more modern form of the drug methicillin; the drug combination quinupristin/dalfopristin, known as Synercid; the fluoroquinolones levofloxacin (Levaquin) and ciprofloxacin (Cipro); and the last-resort drugs for very serious staph infections vancomycin and daptomycin.
Ars Technica WIRED 2011
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Antibiotic resistance to the antibiotics tetracycline, erythromycin and dalfopristin was noted in three strains of bacteria from the chicken trucks.
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