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Definition: Vancomycin |
VancomycinNoun1. An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Antibacterial obtained from Streptomyces orientalis. It is a glycopeptide related to ristocetin that inhibits bacterial cell wall assembly and is toxic to kidneys and the inner ear. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Vancomycin acts by hindering cell-wall synthesis by blocking glycopeptide polymerization, and thus is not active against Gram-negative bacteria. It is administered intravenously and must be used cautiously in patients with poor renal or hepatic function, or when given in conjunction with other nephrotoxic drugs.
The patent on Vancomycin was held by Eli Lilly and expired in the early 1980s; generic versions of the drug are now available.
Intravenous vancomycin can be used instead of penicillin for endocarditis prophylaxis in patients undergoing dental procedures who are allergic to penicillin.
An oral form of vancomycin is sometimes used in treating pseudomembranous enterocolitis, which is a bowel condition caused by overuse of antibiotics: it is effective because vancomycin cannot be absorbed from the bowel, and so its concentration in the bowel is quite high. This same property renders oral vancomycin useless for systemic infections.
As of July 2002, there were reports that a woman in the US city of Detroit is infected by a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to vancomycin. She is being kept in isolation to prevent the infection from being spread to others.
See also: superbug
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Synonym: VancomycinSynonym: Vancocin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Vancomycin |
| Specialty definitions using "vancomycin": Vancomycin Resistance. (references) |
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Expression using "vancomycin": Vancomycin Resistance. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vancomycin | 183 |
vancomycin resistant enterococcus | 15 |
enterococci resistant vancomycin | 9 |
effects side vancomycin | 9 |
vancomycin resistant | 6 |
dosing vancomycin | 6 |
peak trough vancomycin | 4 |
level vancomycin | 3 |
vancomycin resistance | 3 |
mrsa vancomycin | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "vancomycin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | vancomycin. (various references) | |
Dutch | vancomycin. (various references) | |
Finnish | vankomysiini. (various references) | |
French | vancomycine. (various references) | |
German | Vancomycin. (various references) | |
Italian | vancomicina. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ancomycinvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vancomicina. (various references) | |
Spanish | vancomicina. (various references) | |
Swedish | vankomycin. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-m-n-n-o-v-y" | |
-3 letters: canonic. | |
-4 letters: amnion, anomic, anonym, camion, canyon, cocain, cyanic, cyanin, incony, manioc, mayvin, minyan, nomina, vomica. | |
-5 letters: acmic, amino, amnic, amnio, ancon, anion, annoy, anomy, avion, canny, canon, comic, conic, conin, covin, cyano, cynic, macon, manic, mavin, mincy, minny, nancy, vinca, yonic. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101101 01111001 01100011 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a n c o m y c i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 006E 0063 006F 006D 0079 0063 0069 006E |
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