methicillin
/ˌmɛθɪˈsɪlɪn
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
A semi-synthetic form of penicillin used against staphylococci which produce penicillinase.Some antibiotics, such as gentamicin, penicillin G, tetracycline, methicillin, erythromycin, and vancomycin, are not compatible with heparin....
- Tea extract showed synergistic activity with Chloramphenicol and other antibiotics like gentamycin, methicillin and nalidixic acid against test strains.
- This strain was resistant to methicillin, cephalothin, gentamicin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline.
Origin
1960s: from meth(yl) and (pen)icillin.
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