ERYTHROMYCIN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative

Synonyms:

E-Mycin; Erythrocin; erythromycin; Ethril; Ilosone; Pediamycin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("erythromycin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

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Context examples:

Erythromycin diffuses through the bacterial cell membrane and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

(Erythromycin, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, oxidase, indole and urease negative and not susceptible to erythromycin and penicillin.

(Enterobacter cancerogenus, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, metabolizes arginine with the subsequent release of ammonia into the broth medium, resistant to penicillins and cephalosporins, while tetracycline (adults only) and erythromycin are effective chemotherapeutic agents.

(Mycoplasma hominis, NCI Thesaurus)

The stearate salt form of erythromycin, a broad-spectrum, topical macrolide antibiotic with antibacterial activity.

(Erythromycin Stearate, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin interacts with the 50S subunit of the bacterial 70S ribosomal RNA complex resulting in the inhibition of protein synthesis and bacterial cell death.

(Erythromycin Topical Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

The lactobionate salt form of erythromycin, a broad-spectrum, topical macrolide antibiotic with antibacterial activity.

(Erythromycin Lactobionate, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin ethylsuccinate diffuses through the bacterial cell membrane and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

(Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin estolate diffuses through the bacterial cell membrane and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

(Erythromycin Estolate, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin may be bacteriostatic or bactericidal in action, depending on the concentration of the drug at the site of infection and the susceptibility of the organism involved.