tigecycline

tigecycline
ti·ge·cy·cline (ti″gə-siґklēn) an antibiotic of the glycylcycline group that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis and is effective against a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms; administered intravenously for treatment of complicated skin and intra-abdominal infections.

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