polymyxin

• Qualquer um de vários antibióticos tóxicos obtidos de uma bactéria do solo, usados principalmente para tratar certas infecções bacterianas.

Any of several toxic antibiotics derived from a specific soil bacterium, used primarily to treat certain bacterial infections.

1. Antibiotic substanceC2formalmedical

   Any of a group of toxic antibiotics derived from the bacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa, used to treat certain bacterial infections.

   Antibiótico

   • Polymyxin is often used in topical creams for skin infections.
   • The doctor prescribed polymyxin for the patient's resistant infection.
   • Polymyxin works by disrupting the cell membrane of bacteria.