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broad-spectrum

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broad-spec·trum (brôdspktrm)
adj.
Widely applicable or effective: a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

broad-spectrum
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) (modifier) effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms a broad-spectrum antibiotic


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Ceftobiprole is the first anti-MRSA broad-spectrum cephalosporin to demonstrate efficacy in a large clinical trial in patients infected with staphylococcal infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Herculex XTRA Insect Protection combines the broad-spectrum above-ground insect protection of Herculex I Insect Protection with the powerful below-ground protection against corn rootworm of Herculex RW to provide the broadest-spectrum in-plant insect protection for corn on the market today.
The patient was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics and kept under close observation.
 
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