ne·o·my·cin

(nē′ə-mī′sĭn)

A broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces fradiae, used for irrigation of the urinary tract, for preoperative bowel preparation, and for topical treatment of bacterial infections. It is often used in its sulfate form.

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neomycin

(ˌniːəʊˈmaɪsɪn)

(Pharmacology) an antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces fradiae, administered locally in the treatment of skin and eye infections or orally for bowel infections. Formula: C12H26N4O6

[C20: from neo- + Greek mukēs fungus + -in]

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Noun

neomycin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

fradicin, Neobiotic

antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"

antiseptic - a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues

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neomycin

[ˌniːəʊˈmaɪsɪn] N → neomicina f

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neomycin

n. neomicina, antibiótico de espectro amplio.

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neomycin

n neomicina

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The use of prokaryote inhibitors (such as antibiotics) to control bacterial growth in cultures of planktonic organisms began in the 1940s, when penicillin was used to obtain bacteria-free cultures of the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus (Riedmuller, 1928) (Ithaca & Mahmoud, 1944), and their use increased after the discovery of streptomycin in 1943, tetracycline in 1945 and neomycin in 1949.

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In brief, the drug dose-dependent hair cell death can be examined with a particular ototoxin, such as neomycin, and subsequent time-lapsed cell regeneration can be investigated with borderline-hair cell death that is achieved by appropriate drug dose [17, 19].

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Objective: To compare the efficacy of topical Ciprofloxacin with Neomycin in the management of Chronic Supportive Otitis Media (CSOM).

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All animals were deafened by intratympanic delivery of a 10% neomycin solution at 7 days prior to mIESC transplantation.

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That 3% positive rate is in the range of published figures for such well-known problem contact sensitizers as neomycin, thiuram mix, and Balsam of Peru.

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First isolated in the 1950s, several aminoglycoside antibiotics like neomycin were developed over the ensuing decades.

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The statocyst cavities of experimental squid were injected with neomycin (Sigma-Aldrich, St.

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Transformants carrying the recombinant plasmid were selected for resistance to neomycin. The success of homologous recombination was checked by PCR amplification of the neomycin gene which was part of the vector and did not exist in the genome of B.

Inactivation of aprE Gene in Bacillus subtilis 168 by homologus recombination: mohammed rcibbani*, safoura soleymani, hamid mirmohammad sadeghi, narjes soleimani, and fatemeh moazen