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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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It is a large microbe and grows well on a culture medium consisting of cycloserine, cefoxitin, and fructose agar in an egg-yolk agar base.
Poor use of antibiotics has resulted in the emergence of ... by Kalla, Ismail Sikander / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
Pending surgery to remove the lung lesion, treatment was begun with five of the second-and third-line antimveobacterial drugs: moxifloxacin, cycloserine, para-aminosalicylic acid or PAS, amikacin, clofazamine, thionamide, and linezolid.
Polish up on past pestilence and present pathogens by Schofield, Cynthia B. / Medical Laboratory Observer
Lab M's Perfringens Agar-OPSP is designed for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens in foods, and the company's Perfringens Agar Base (TSC) is used in the preparation of Tryptose Sulphite Cycloserine (TSC) Agar for the enumeration and presumptive identification of the organism.
Lab M media for Clostridium perfringens by Food Trade Review
 
 
 
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