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Answer for the clue "An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections ", 10 letters:
vancomycin

Word definitions for vancomycin in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A glycopeptide antibiotic, produced by the actinomycete ''Amycolaptosis orientalis'', used against Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci and enterococci.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vancomycin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections . It is recommended intravenously as a first-line treatment for complicated skin infections , bloodstream infections , endocarditis , bone and joint infections, and meningitis caused ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections [syn: Vancocin ]

Usage examples of vancomycin.

Penicillin, ampicillin, neomycin, vancomycin, even ciprofloxacin, you name it.

Penicillin, ampicillin, neomycin, vancomycin, even ciprofloxacin, you name it.

Despite treatment with a broad range of antibiotics, including vancomycin, the infections had proved impossible to check.