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Other [[glycopeptide antibiotic]]s include [[vancomycin]] and [[dalbavancin]]. | Other [[glycopeptide antibiotic]]s include [[vancomycin]] and [[dalbavancin]]. | ||
Teicoplanin can be used to treat [[pseudomembranous | Teicoplanin can be used to treat [[pseudomembranous enterocolitis]] due to [[Clostridium difficile]].<ref name="pmid7636768">{{cite journal |author=Smith GC |title=What can consultation-liaison psychiatry contribute to psychosomatic research? |journal=J Psychosom Res |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=247–50 |year=1995 |month=April |pmid=7636768 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/002239999400149Y |issn=}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:19, 28 January 2009
In medicine and pharmacology, teicoplanin is "glycopeptide antibiotic complex from Actinoplanes teichomyceticus active against gram-positive bacteria. It consists of five major components each with a different fatty acid moiety."[1][2]
Other glycopeptide antibiotics include vancomycin and dalbavancin.
Teicoplanin can be used to treat pseudomembranous enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile.[3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Teicoplanin (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Finch RG, Eliopoulos GM (March 2005). "Safety and efficacy of glycopeptide antibiotics". J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 55 Suppl 2: ii5–13. DOI:10.1093/jac/dki004. PMID 15750036. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Smith GC (April 1995). "What can consultation-liaison psychiatry contribute to psychosomatic research?". J Psychosom Res 39 (3): 247–50. PMID 7636768. [e]