Dihydrostreptomycin (Noun)
Meaning
Antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Dihydrostreptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections, including tuberculosis and tularemia.
- The doctor prescribed dihydrostreptomycin to combat the patient's severe case of tularemia.
- Dihydrostreptomycin has been shown to be effective against certain Gram-negative organisms that are resistant to other antibiotics.
- In the 1950s, dihydrostreptomycin was a commonly used treatment for tuberculosis due to its ability to target Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- The patient was given a combination of isoniazid and dihydrostreptomycin to treat their multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.