antibiotic drug

Noun
  1. A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (synset 102719777)
    "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
    is a type of: antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide - any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
    subtypes:
    • actinomycin - any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
    • amphotericin - an antibiotic and antifungal agent
    • antimycin - a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi
    • antineoplastic antibiotic - an antibiotic drug used as an antineoplastic in chemotherapy
    • azactam, aztreonam - an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects
    • bacitracin - a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally
    • carbomycin - a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms
    • cephaloglycin, kafocin - antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use
    • cephaloridine - a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin
    • cephalosporin, mefoxin - one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
    • chloramphenicol, chloromycetin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever)
    • aureomycin, chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
    • cipro, ciprofloxacin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints
    • cycloserine - an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus
    • dihydrostreptomycin - antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms
    • doxorubicin - an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
    • doxycycline, vibramycin - an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections
    • e-mycin, erythrocin, erythromycin, ethril, ilosone, pediamycin - 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
    • garamycin, gentamicin - an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract
    • gramicidin - an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria
    • kanamycin, kantrex - antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections
    • lincocin, lincomycin - antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections
    • mitomycin, mutamycin - a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug
    • mycomycin - a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete
    • fradicin, neobiotic, neomycin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery
    • novobiocin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria
    • mycostatin, nystan, nystatin - an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes
    • hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, terramycin - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
    • penicillin - any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
    • polymyxin - any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium
    • primaxin - trade name for a parenteral antibiotic
    • pyocyanase - a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus
    • pyocyanin - a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus
    • spectinomycin - an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea
    • streptomycin - an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis
    • streptothricin - a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
    • subtilin - a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium
    • nebcin, tobramycin - an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria
    • tyrocidin, tyrocidine - a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin
    • tyrothricin - a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria
    • vancocin, vancomycin - an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
    • viocin, viomycin - a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis
    same as: antibiotic

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