Virginiamycin

Virginiamycin
Combination of
Virginiamycin S1	streptogramin B antibiotic
Pristinamycin IIA	streptogramin A antibiotic
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	FDA Professional Drug Information
MedlinePlus	a603007
Identifiers
CAS Number	11006-76-1^Y
ATC code	D06AX10 QJ01FG90
DrugBank	DB01669^N
UNII	C49WS9N75L^Y
KEGG	D06311^Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:87209
NIAID ChemDB	008734
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Virginiamycin is a streptogramin antibiotic similar to pristinamycin and quinupristin/dalfopristin. It is a combination of pristinamycin IIA (virginiamycin M1) and virginiamycin S1. Virginiamycin is used in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent microbial contamination.^[1] It is also used in agriculture, specifically in livestock, to accelerate the growth of the animals and to prevent and treat infections. ^[2] Antibiotics also save as much as 30% in feed costs among young swine, although the savings fade as pigs get older, according to a USDA study.^[2]

References

↑ University of Michigan: Resistant Microbes, Antibiotic Abuse, and the Threat to Public Health
1 2 "Drug-resistant infections lurk in the meat we eat - Infectious Diseases - msnbc.com". Retrieved December 29, 2009.

Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use (D06)

Antibiotics

Tetracycline and derivatives	Demeclocycline Chlortetracycline Oxytetracycline Tetracycline

Others	Amphenicol: Chloramphenicol Aminoglycosides: Neomycin Gentamicin Amikacin Quinolone: Nadifloxacin Streptogramin: Virginiamycin Rifamycin: Rifaximin other: Fusidic acid Bacitracin Tyrothricin Mupirocin

Chemotherapeutics

Sulfonamides	Silver sulfadiazine Sulfathiazole Mafenide Sulfamethizole Sulfanilamide Sulfamerazine

Antivirals	Aciclovir Penciclovir Idoxuridine Edoxudine Imiquimod Resiquimod Podophyllotoxin Docosanol Tromantadine Inosine Lysozyme Ibacitabine Lysine

Other	Ingenol mebutate Metronidazole

Antibacterials: protein synthesis inhibitors (J01A, J01B, J01F, J01G, QJ01XQ)

30S

Aminoglycosides
(initiation inhibitors)

-mycin (Streptomyces)	Streptomycin^# Dihydrostreptomycin Neomycin^# Framycetin Paromomycin Ribostamycin Kanamycin^# Amikacin Arbekacin Bekanamycin Dibekacin Tobramycin Spectinomycin^# Hygromycin B Paromomycin

-micin (Micromonospora)	Gentamicin^# Netilmicin Sisomicin Isepamicin Verdamicin Astromicin

Tetracycline antibiotics
(tRNA binding)

Tetracyclines	Doxycycline^# Chlortetracycline Clomocycline Demeclocycline Lymecycline Meclocycline Metacycline Minocycline Oxytetracycline Penimepicycline Rolitetracycline Tetracycline

Glycylcyclines	Tigecycline

50S

Oxazolidinone
(initiation inhibitors)

Peptidyl transferase

Amphenicols	Chloramphenicol^# Azidamfenicol Thiamphenicol Florfenicol

Pleuromutilins	Retapamulin Tiamulin Valnemulin

MLS (transpeptidation/translocation)

Macrolides	Azithromycin^# Clarithromycin Dirithromycin Erythromycin^# Flurithromycin Josamycin Midecamycin Miocamycin Oleandomycin Rokitamycin Roxithromycin Spiramycin Troleandomycin Tylosin Ketolides Telithromycin Cethromycin Solithromycin^†

Lincosamides	Clindamycin^# Lincomycin Pirlimycin

Streptogramins	Pristinamycin Quinupristin/dalfopristin Virginiamycin

EF-G

Steroid antibacterials	Fusidic acid

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

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