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capreomycin

capreomycin

1 9.4
A medicine used to treat tuberculosis when other drugs do not work
  • noun
  • /ˌkæprɪoʊˈmaɪsɪn/
  • Specialized
: capreomicina
  • When the first-line antibiotics failed, capreomycin was included in the treatment plan.

Examples

  • *Additional drugs tested were streptomycin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, kanamycin, amikacin, capreomycin, and ofloxacin. 15 patients, Argentina, 2003-2009* ...

    Academic text (2012)

  • XDR TB patients received the same regimen until 2007, when capreomycin and para-aminosalicylic acid became available in South Africa and replaced kanamycin and ofloxacin.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The doctor prescribed capreomycin to treat the patient's drug-resistant tuberculosis.

  • When battling severe tuberculosis, capreomycin can be a crucial part of the therapy.

Synonyms

streptomycin
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
2 7.0

A medicine that kills bacteria and treats tuberculosis and other infections

is selected mainly when common medicines do not succeed
rifampin
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
2 7.3

A medicine that kills bacteria and treats tuberculosis and other bacterial infections

is applied mainly when standard regimens fail to work
isoniazid
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A medicine that treats and prevents tuberculosis

is reserved for use when other drugs have already failed
rifampicin
vscapreomycin
  • UK
1 5.5

A medicine that kills harmful bacteria and treats infections like tuberculosis or leprosy

is kept for use when other antibiotics do not work well
cycloserine
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A medicine that kills the bacteria that cause tuberculosis

is chosen particularly when first line treatment is ineffective
ethionamide
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
9.8

A medicine used to treat tuberculosis and sometimes leprosy when other drugs do not work

is for use particularly when other drugs are ineffective
viomycin
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
9.9

An antibiotic often used with other drugs to treat tuberculosis

is used mainly when other drugs fail to control infection
dihydrostreptomycin
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
9.5

A medicine that kills bacteria used to treat serious infections such as tuberculosis

is used especially in cases resistant to usual treatments
antituberculous
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
7.0

A medicine that prevents or treats tuberculosis

is specifically used when common treatments are ineffective
antituberculosis
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
4.3

A medicine that prevents or treats tuberculosis

is narrower, used mainly when other medicines fail
antitubercular
vscapreomycin
  • Specialized
5.8

A drug that prevents or treats tuberculosis

is more specific, applied when usual drugs are ineffective

Surface Forms

capreomycin singular
capreomycins plural

Morphology

capreomycin = capreo + mycin

The -mycin element is a specialized antibiotic-forming suffix and the initial element is a non-productive/formative species-derived element, so the drug's meaning is not derivable by a typical learner from its parts.

Etymology

Capreomycin comes from two parts: capreo-, from the name of the microbe that makes the drug, and -mycin, a common ending for antibiotics that originally meant 'from a fungus' or 'produced by microbes'. So capreomycin is literally the name of an antibiotic made by a microbe, which fits its use as a medicine for tough, drug-resistant tuberculosis.