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kitasamycin

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kitasamycin
a macrolide antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces kitasatoensis, with activity similar to erythromycin. Called also leucomycin.
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In 2000, the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan prohibited the use of several antimicrobial agents (such as avoparcin, kanamycin, kitasamycin, lasalocid, spiramycin, salinomycin, and streptomycin), which had been widely used as growth promoters or prophylactic agents in animal husbandry in Taiwan during the past 2 to 3 decades, because they may select for critical forms of resistance in human pathogens in food-producing animals (54).
Current status of antimicrobial resistance in Taiwan. (Synopsis) by Luh, Kwen-Tay / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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