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cycloserine

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cy·clo·ser·ine  (skl-srn)
n.
An antibiotic effective against a wide range of bacteria, used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis and infections of the urinary tract.
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Noun1.cycloserine - an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus
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"


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9) act by inhibiting cell-wall synthesis and function (eg, penicillins, cephalosporins, bacitracin, vancomycin, cycloserine, polypeptides, antifungal polyenes), protein synthesis (eg, aminoglycosides, chloramphenicol, macrolides, tetracyclines, lincomycins), or nucleotide formation (eg, rifampin, isoniazid).
Pulmonary medications by Sadowsky, H. Steven / Physical Therapy
Additional isolate susceptibility tests in Denver showed sensitivity to ethionamide, cycloserine, p-amino salicylic acid, clofazimine, levofloxacin, and pyrazinamide, but resistance to isoniazid, rifampin, streptomycin, amikacin/kanamycin, amoxicillin/clavulanate, and rifabutin.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in military recruits by Bohnker, Bruce K. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Cycloserine was used at a concentration of 30 [micro]g/mL (9).
Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, Abkhazia by Fattorini, Lanfranco / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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