| 单词 |
spectinomycin |
| 释义 |
spectinomycin Pharm.|ˌspɛktɪnəˈmaɪsɪn| [f. mod.L. spect-ābilis visible, remarkable (see spectable a.), + -mycin.] An antimicrobial substance obtained from the fungus Streptomyces spectabilis and used esp. to treat gonorrhœa that is resistant to penicillin.
1964Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy 438/1 The in vitro activity of spectinomycin..was tested against routine gonococcal isolates and against resistant strains isolated from penicillin therapy failure cases of gonorrhea. 1976Lancet 25 Dec. 1379/2 Spectinomycin succeeded in 21 (95%) of 22 patients treated. 1977Maclean's Mag. Feb. 54 The only cure so far for the new strain is spectinomycin, a drug four times as costly as penicillin and hence not widely applicable in the Far East. |

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