Ceftobiprole

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A particular cephalosporin antibiotic. uncountable

    "The Food and Drug Administration warned Johnson & Johnson that it did not properly monitor two human tests of its antibiotic drug candidate ceftobiprole, which is intended to treat complicated skin infections like MRSA."

Example

More examples

"Tomasz and colleagues found that a new antibiotic called Ceftobiprole annihilated colonies of MRSA."

Etymology

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”)[Term?] + bi- + p(yr)rol(idin)e.

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ceftobiprole medocaril

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