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lincosamides
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lincosamides
bacteriostatic antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis; includes lincomycin and clindamycin.


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Low-level lincosamide resistance suggests the presence of some efflux mechanism, even if no inhibition by reserpine was observed.
Clindamycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae by Cellesi, Carla / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Ampicillin and penicillin are both penicillins, tetracycline and oxytetracycline are both tetracyclines, lincomycin is a lincosamide, and erythromycin is a macrolide.
Isolation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the air plume ... by Scarpino, Pasquale V. / Environmental Health Perspectives
The first involves alterations in antimicrobial transport (efflux), which is encoded by the mef(A) gene (M-phenotype) and generally confers low-level resistance (MIC 1-16 mg/L) to 14- and 15-membered macrolides, but not lincosamides and streptogramin B.
Antimicrobial resistance among isolates of respiratory tract ... by Brown, Steve / Southern Medical Journal
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