vancomycin
noun
van·co·my·cin
ˌvaŋ-kə-ˈmī-sᵊn 
: an antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 derived from an actinomycete (Amycolatopsis orientalis synonym Streptomyces orientalis) that is effective against gram-positive bacteria and is used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl especially against staphylococci resistant to methicillin
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As with my friend Candy, a single course of oral vancomycin, taken four times a day, quashed this patient’s illness.
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Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
About 1 in 3 infections are resistant to the go-to antibiotic, vancomycin.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
However, a newer antibiotic, fidaxomicin, has been proven more effective and would be a better choice for you, having failed a course of vancomycin.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
Swabs from the skin, nose and mouth, as well as saliva and stool samples, showed that 34 percent of all participants had antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as resistant Gram-negative bacilli or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 16 May 2022
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Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
About 1 in 3 infections are resistant to the go-to antibiotic, vancomycin.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
However, a newer antibiotic, fidaxomicin, has been proven more effective and would be a better choice for you, having failed a course of vancomycin.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
Swabs from the skin, nose and mouth, as well as saliva and stool samples, showed that 34 percent of all participants had antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as resistant Gram-negative bacilli or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 16 May 2022
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vancomycin
noun
van·co·my·cin
ˌvaŋ-kə-ˈmīs-ᵊn
: an antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 derived from an actinomycete (Amycolatopsis orientalis synonym Streptomyces orientalis synonym Nocardia orientalis) that is effective against gram-positive bacteria and is used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride C66H75Cl2N9O24·HCl especially against staphylococci resistant to methicillin see vancocin
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