Macrolide antibiotic
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carbomycin, maytansine, spiramycin, troleandomycin
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azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, oligomycin
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- These results suggest that the primary lesion induced by a novel macrolide antibiotic is the increased karyopycnosis of ameloblast at the transitional stage, and followed by later stage.
- As is well known, a macrolide antibiotic is an antibiotic which contains a macrocyclic lactone ring and an amino sugar and a carbonyl group bonded thereto through a glycoside linkage as a basic structure.
- Although each individual macrolide antibiotic is structurally different, they all function by binding tightly to an RNA site on the bacterial ribosome and so inhibiting protein synthesis.
- The structure of this macrolide antibiotic is shown in Fig.
- In the case of penicillin allergies, alternative therapy with a macrolide antibiotic is substituted 18 .
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