Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic related to penicillin, C23H26N5O7S, used in its sodium form and active against a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
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- noun medicine A particular
ureidopenicillin antibiotic
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- noun a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The researchers noted that both Wyeth's Zosyn-generically known as piperacillin-tazobactam-rose 84 percent from 2002 to 2006 at the hospitals studied.
NewsInferno 2008
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In nine years at Lederle Laboratories after a first career as a physician, Tally had already supervised three: cefixime, tigecycline, and the combination piperacillin/tazobactam, at the time the bestselling injectable antibiotic in the world.26 It was widely known in the pharma world that he had left Lederle the year before to join Cubist Pharmaceuticals, and it was expected that he was looking for a fourth good drug.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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In nine years at Lederle Laboratories after a first career as a physician, Tally had already supervised three: cefixime, tigecycline, and the combination piperacillin/tazobactam, at the time the bestselling injectable antibiotic in the world.26 It was widely known in the pharma world that he had left Lederle the year before to join Cubist Pharmaceuticals, and it was expected that he was looking for a fourth good drug.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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In nine years at Lederle Laboratories after a first career as a physician, Tally had already supervised three: cefixime, tigecycline, and the combination piperacillin/tazobactam, at the time the bestselling injectable antibiotic in the world.26 It was widely known in the pharma world that he had left Lederle the year before to join Cubist Pharmaceuticals, and it was expected that he was looking for a fourth good drug.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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For patients with suspected or proven polymicrobial infections involving Gram-negative and/or anaerobic bacteria in addition to the Gram-positive organisms for which study medication therapy was used, aztreonam, piperacillin-tazobactam, and/or metronidazole were allowed.
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The best adequacy for EA was obtained by combinations of imipenem/cilastatin or piperacillin/tazobactam, amikacin and a glycopeptide, with values reaching 99% and 94%, respectively.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Pascal Augustin 2010
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Antibiotics providing the best activity rate were imipenem/cilastatin (68%) and piperacillin/tazobactam (53%).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Pascal Augustin 2010
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And finally, more recently, we were pleased to announce last week the launch of piperacillin and tazobactam in the US.
Hospira, Inc CEO Discusses Q3 2010 - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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It is an injectable combination product that consists of piperacillin (an extended-spectrum penicillin) and tazobactam (a beta-lactamase inhibitor).
unknown title 2009
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(NYSE: HSP), the world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, today announced it has received marketing authorisation for piperacillin / tazobactam for injection, and has launched the product in the United Kingdom.
unknown title 2009
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