antibiotic - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"actinomycin - any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria antimycin - a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi Azactam, aztreonam - an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects bacitracin - a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally carbomycin - a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms cephaloridine - a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin cephalosporin, Mefoxin - one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity Aureomycin, chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases Cipro, ciprofloxacin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints cycloserine - an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus dihydrostreptomycin - antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms doxycycline, Vibramycin - an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections; "Vibramycin is the trade name of doxycycline" E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin - an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative Garamycin, gentamicin - an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract gramicidin - an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria kanamycin, Kantrex - antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections Lincocin, lincomycin - antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a Streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections mitomycin, Mutamycin - a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a Streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug mycomycin - a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete fradicin, Neobiotic, neomycin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery novobiocin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by gram-positive bacteria Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin - an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes penicillin - any of various antibiotics obtained from penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases polymyxin - any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium Primaxin - trade name for a parenteral antibiotic pyocyanase - a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus |