Glycopeptide antibiotic
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Glycopeptide antibiotics are a class of drugs of microbial origin that are composed of glycosylated cyclic or polycyclic nonribosomal peptides. Significant glycopeptide antibiotics include the anti-infective antibiotics vancomycin, teicoplanin, telavancin, ramoplanin and decaplanin, corbomycin, complestatin and the antitumor antibiotic bleomycin. Vancomycin is used if infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is suspected.
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Glycopeptide | |
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Use | Bacterial infection |
ATC code | J01X |
Biological target | inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis |
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Drugs.com | antibiotics.html Drug Classes |
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