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    Polymyxins are antibiotics. Polymyxins B and E (also known as colistin) are used in the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections. They work mostly...
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  • Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin, also known as triple antibiotic ointment, is an antibiotic medication used to reduce the risk of infections following...
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    Polymyxin B, sold under the brand name Poly-Rx among others, is an antibiotic used to treat meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis, and urinary tract infections...
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    Neomycin/polymyxin B/hydrocortisone, sold under the brand Otosporin among others, is a medication used to treat otitis externa (swimmer's ear) and certain...
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  • The drug combination trimethoprim/polymyxin (INNs, trade name Polytrim) is an antimicrobial solution for topical ophthalmic use in the treatment of acute...
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  • Bacitracin/polymyxin B (trade name Polysporin among others) is a topical antibiotic cream or ointment. The active ingredients are polymyxin B, bacitracin...
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    Colistin (redirect from Polymyxin E)
    Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is an antibiotic medication used as a last-resort treatment for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections including...
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    adequate for most cases. Topical antibiotics, such as mupirocin or neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin ointment may be prescribed. Oral antibiotics may also be...
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    Alternatively, oxidation-fermentation polymyxin-bacitracin-lactose (OFPBL) agar can be used. OFPBL contains polymyxin (which kills most Gram-negative bacteria...
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  • Fluoroquinolones: particularly levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin Polymyxins: Colistin, Polymyxin B Aztreonam (monobactam) Aminoglycosides - particularly tobramycin...
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    steroids may be useful in improving outcomes. Tentative evidence exists that Polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column hemoperfusion may be beneficial in treatment...
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    typically applied as a topical preparation, such as Neosporin (neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin). The antibiotic can also be administered orally, in which...
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    Examples of this class include actinomycin, bacitracin, colistin, and polymyxin B. Actinomycin-D has found use in cancer chemotherapy. Most other polypeptide...
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    (erythromycin, bacitracin or bacitracin/polymyxin B every 2 or 4 hours) or antibiotic drops, usually polymyxin B and trimethoprim 4 times a day. Eye patching...
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  • phosphate-alpha-L-Ara4N transferase, 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose lipid A transferase, polymyxin resistance protein PmrK, arnT (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name...
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  • Linezolidα Meropenem/vaborbactam (meropenem + vaborbactam)α Plazomicinα Polymyxin Bα Clofazimine Dapsone Rifampicin Ethambutol Ethambutol/isoniazid/pyr...
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    piperacillin and ceftazidime. Tigecycline is also an effective drug. Polymyxin B may be effective treatment, at least in vitro, though not without frequent...
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    bacterial cell wall (penicillins and cephalosporins) or the cell membrane (polymyxins), or interfere with essential bacterial enzymes (rifamycins, lipiarmycins...
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    Antibacterials: increased risk of ototoxicity with aminoglycosides, polymyxins and vancomycin; avoid concomitant use with lymecycline Antidepressants:...
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    displace histamine in granules and cause its release. Antibiotics like polymyxin are also found to stimulate histamine release. Histamine release occurs...
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  • 8.30, undecaprenyl-phosphate Ara4FN transferase, Ara4FN transferase, polymyxin resistance protein PmrF, UDP-4-amino-4-deoxy-alpha-L-arabinose:ditrans...
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  • "Neosporin Plus Pain Relief Ointment, TriBiozene Ointment (neomycin/polymyxin B/ bacitracin/pramoxine) dosing, indications, interactions, adverse effects...
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  • glycopeptide 1956 – phenoxymethylpenicillin 1958 – colistin, the first polymyxin 1958 – demeclocycline 1959 – virginiamycin 1960 – methicillin 1960 – metronidazole...
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    related group of polypeptide antibiotic compounds including colistin, polymyxin B, and bacitracin. There is no cross-resistance to these three agents...
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    since the vaccine contains trace amounts of antibiotics, streptomycin, polymyxin B, and neomycin. It should not be given to anyone who has an allergic...
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    ornithine decarboxylase, urease, acetoin production, novobiocin sensitive, polymyxin resistance, and acid production from D-trehalose, D-mannitol, D-mannose...
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    bacitracin zinc salt, in combination with other topical antibiotics (usually polymyxin B and neomycin) as an ointment ("triple antibiotic ointment," with the...
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  • Burkholderia species in that it is often susceptible to aminoglycosides, but not polymyxin B. Many isolates have been found to be catalase positive. B. vietnamiensis...
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    species grow well on 5% sheep blood agar and other routine culture media. Polymyxin-lysozyme-EDTA-thallous acetate can be used to isolate B. anthracis from...
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    antifungal amphotericin B; the antibiotics bacitracin, capreomycin, colistin, polymyxin B, and vancomycin; and cisplatin, which is used in chemotherapy. Amikacin...
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