Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A semisynthetic antibiotic derived from lincomycin, C18H21ClN4OS, active against gram-positive bacteria.
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- noun A
lincosamide antibiotic drug , mostly used to treatinfections withanaerobic bacteria .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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That second change was dismaying because it also conferred resistance to another common drug called clindamycin that physicians used when erythromycin did not work.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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That second change was dismaying because it also conferred resistance to another common drug called clindamycin that physicians used when erythromycin did not work.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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That second change was dismaying because it also conferred resistance to another common drug called clindamycin that physicians used when erythromycin did not work.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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In 1993, Roos began studying a drug that kills both parasites, called clindamycin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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In 1993, Roos began studying a drug that kills both parasites, called clindamycin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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In 1993, Roos began studying a drug that kills both parasites, called clindamycin.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The risk is highest with antibiotics such as clindamycin, cephalosporins and penicillins and lowest with aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones.
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The risk is highest with antibiotics such as clindamycin, cephalosporins and penicillins and lowest with aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones.
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While diarrhea from antibiotics is often just a nuisance, certain antibiotics, including clindamycin (Cleocin and generic), can lead to pseudomembranous colitis, a potentially life-threatening colon inflammation, in rare cases.
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The study also found a coinciding increase in use of clindamycin, an antibiotic that comes in easy-to-use pills and liquid, and smaller increases for two other antibiotics.
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