oxacillin
/ˌɒksəˈsɪlɪn
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
An antibiotic drug made by chemical modification of penicillin and used to treat bacterial infections.Beta-lactam antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin....
- A high proportion of these bacteria demonstrate resistance to multiple antibiotic medications, especially to methicillin and oxacillin.
- Dicloxacillin, oxacillin, first-generation cephalosporins, or amoxicillin-clavulanate are also acceptable alternatives.
Origin
1960s: blend of oxazole and penicillin.
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