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capreomycin

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capreomycin /cap·reo·my·cin/ (kap?re-o-mi´sin) a polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces capreolus, which is active against human strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; used as the disulfate salt.
cap·re·o·my·cin (kpr--msn)
n.
An antibiotic derived from Streptomyces capreolus and effective against the microorganism responsible for tuberculosis in humans.
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Susceptibility to first-line (streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol) and second-line (kana-mycin, ethionamide, capreomycin, cycloserine, p-aminosalicylic acid, and ofloxacin) drugs was determined by the proportion method on Middlebrook 7H10 agar.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, Abkhazia by Fattorini, Lanfranco / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The anti-TB medications included in the screening were isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, streptomycin, ethionamide, kanamycin, cycloserine, capreomycin, paraaminosalicylic acid (PAS), and drugs containing any combination of these medications.
Pharmacy data for tuberculosis surveillance and assessment of patient ... by Platt, Richard / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Returned to West Africa after 4 months DOT C INH, rifampin, PZA, and Sputum culture and smear ethambutol by DOT for 6 negative, chest months radiograph improved D Capreomycin, ofloxacin, Sputum smear and culture PAS, clofazamine, and converted to negative, cycloserine for 2 y by symptoms resolved.
Mycobacterium africanum cases, California by Flood, Jennifer / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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