"Virginiamycin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cyclic polypeptide antibiotic complex from Streptomyces virginiae, S. loidensis, S. mitakaensis, S. pristina-spiralis, S. ostreogriseus, and others. It consists of 2 major components, VIRGINIAMYCIN FACTOR M1 and virginiamycin Factor S1. It is used to treat infections with gram-positive organisms and as a growth promoter in cattle, swine, and poultry.
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D014769
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.802.875 D12.644.641.802.875
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virginiamycin" by people in Profiles.
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Obert CA, Miller ML, Montgomery J, Adamkiewicz T, Tuomanen EI. Quinupristin-dalfopristin nonsusceptibility in pneumococci from sickle cell disease patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Jan; 51(1):386-9.