Streptogramins
- Name
- Streptogramins
- Accession Number
- DBCAT001412
- Description
A class of natural cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by certain subspecies of STREPTOMYCES. They include two structurally unrelated components, STREPTOGRAMIN GROUP A and STREPTOGRAMIN GROUP B, which generally act synergistically to inhibit bacterial growth.
- ATC Classification
- Drugs
Drug Drug Description Pristinamycin Not Annotated Virginiamycin M1 For the treatment of bacterial infections. Virginiamycin S1 One of the components of virginiamycin, a cyclic polypeptide antibiotic complex from streptomyces virginiae, s. Loidensis, s. Mitakaensis, s. Pristina-spiralis, s. Ostreogriseus, and others. It is used to treat infections... Virginiamycin Virginiamycin is a streptogramin antibiotic similar to pristinamycin and quinupristin/dalfopristin. It is a combination of pristinamycin IIA and virginiamycin S1. Virginiamycin is used in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent... Quinupristin An antibiotic agent used in the treatment of serious vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia as well as complicated skin and skin structure infections. Dalfopristin An antibiotic used with quinupristin to treat severe or life-threatening infections of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF), and skin infections caused by methicillin susceptible staphylococcus aureus or streptococcus pyogenes. - Drugs & Drug Targets