Definition of Lysostaphin

1. Noun. (medicine) An antibiotic obtained from ''Staphylococcus simulans'' ¹

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Medical Definition of Lysostaphin

1. A mixture of three different proteolytic enzymes, two of which lyse bacterial walls. It is obtained from staphylococcus staphylolyticus (s. Epidermidis). Lysostaphin is very antigenic, but has been used in animals and topically in man against certain infections. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, peptide, anti-infective agents, local. Registry number: EC 3.4.- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysostaphin

lysophospholipid
lysophospholipids
lysoplate
lysosogenic bacteriophage
lysosomal
lysosomal disease
lysosomal diseases
lysosomal enzyme
lysosomal storage diseases
lysosome
lysosome phagosome fusion
lysosomes
lysosomic
lysosomotropic
lysostaphin (current term)
lysostaphin endopeptidase
lysotype
lysozyme
lysozymes
lyssa
lyssas
lyssavirus
lysyl
lysyl-bradykinin
lysyl 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase
lysyl endopeptidase
lysyl hydroxylase
lysyl oxidase
lytdybr

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