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spiramycin [¦spī·rə′mīs·ən] (microbiology) A complex of related antibiotics, which resemble erythromycin structurally and in antibacterial spectrum, produced byStreptomyces ambofaciens. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| nbsp;zinc, spiramycin, virginiamycin, and tylosin phosphate) by the European Community (EC) Council Regulation (No. This finding, they say, is indirect evidence that spiramycin can limit placental infection by the parasite (which can take weeks to move from mother to fetus) and can reduce the chances of congenital transmission. In 2000, the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan prohibited the use of several antimicrobial agents (such as avoparcin, kanamycin, kitasamycin, lasalocid, spiramycin, salinomycin, and streptomycin), which had been widely used as growth promoters or prophylactic agents in animal husbandry in Taiwan during the past 2 to 3 decades, because they may select for critical forms of resistance in human pathogens in food-producing animals (54). |
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