bacitracin zinc meaning
[Medicine]
A complex of cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by the Tracy-I strain of Bacillus subtilis. The commercial preparation is a mixture of at least nine bacitracins with bacitracin A as the major constituent. It is used topically to treat open infections such as infected eczema and infected dermal ulcers. (From Goodman and Gilman,The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics,8th ed,p1140)
A complex of cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by the Tracy-I strain of Bacillus subtilis. The commercial preparation is a mixture of at least nine bacitracins with bacitracin A as the major constituent. It is used topically to treat open infections such as infected eczema and infected dermal ulcers. (From Goodman and Gilman,The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics,8th ed,p1140)
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More: Next- determination of bacitracin zinc in feeds . high performance liquid chromatography
- The use of Virginiamycin, Spiramycin, Bacitracin Zinc and Tylosin phosphate in animal feed accounts for 15 percent of the total use of antibiotics in the 15-member EU.
- In the case of nitroimidazole-resistant strains of Giardia, other drugs are available which have showed efficacy in treatment including quinacrine, nitazoxanide, bacitracin zinc, furazolidone and paromomycin.
- The use of Virginiamycin, Spiramycin, Bacitracin Zinc and Tylosin phosphate in animal feed accounts for 15 % of the total use of antibiotics in the 15-member E . U.
- Virginiamycin is manufactured by Pfizer Inc . of the United States; Spiramycin is manufactured by Rhone-Poulenc SA of France; Bacitracin Zinc is made by Alpharma AS of Norway; and Tylosin phosphate is made by Elanco of the United States, a unit of Eli Lilly and Co.
