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Abstract
A complex of cyclic peptide antibiotics produced by the Tracy-I strain of Bacillus subtilis. The commercial preparation is a mixture of at least nine bacitracins with bacitracin A as the major constituent. It is used topically to treat open infections such as infected eczema and infected dermal ulcers. (From Goodman and Gilman, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1140)
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- Ak-Tracin
- Altracin
- Baci-IM
- Baci-Rx
- Baciguent
- Bacitin
- Bacitracin Zinc
- Bacitracin Zinc Complex
- Bacitracine Martinet
- Ocu-Tracin
- Topitracin
- Zeba-Rx
- Zinc Bacitracin
- Ak Tracin
- Baci IM
- Baci Rx
- Bacitracin, Zinc
- Martinet, Bacitracine
- Ocu Tracin
- OcuTracin
- Zeba Rx
- Zinc, Bacitracin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bacitracin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001414. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001414
- Bacitracin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424319