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Clindamycin

Aka: Clindamycin, Cleocin
  1. Indications
    1. Peritonitis
    2. Anaerobic Bacteria infection
  2. Activity spectrum
    1. Gram Positive Bacteria
    2. No activity against Gram Negative Bacteria
  3. Adverse Effects
    1. Pseudomembranous colitis
  4. Directions
    1. May take with or without food
  5. Dosing: Child
    1. Preterm Infant
      1. Intravenous: 15 mg/kg/day IV divided tid
    2. Term Infant and Child
      1. Intravenous: 20-40 mg/kg/day IV divided q6-8 hours
      2. Oral: 8-20 mg/kg/day divided tid to qid
  6. Dosing: Adult
    1. Oral: 150-450 mg PO qid
    2. Intramuscular: up to 600 mg PO q8 hours
    3. Intravenous: 600 to 900 mg IV q8 hours

Clindamycin (C0008947)

Definition (CHV) an antibacterial drug
Definition (CHV) an antibacterial drug
Definition (MSH) An antibacterial agent that is a semisynthetic analog of LINCOMYCIN.
Definition (NCI) A semisynthetic broad spectrum antibiotic produced by chemical modification of the parent compound lincomycin. Clindamycin dissociates peptidyl-tRNA from the bacterial ribosome, thereby disrupting bacterial protein synthesis. (NCI04)
Concepts Carbohydrate (T118) , Antibiotic (T195)
MSH D002981
SnomedCT 332356004, 372786004, 58883005, 370443009
English 7 Chloro 7 deoxylincomycin, 7-Chloro-7-deoxylincomycin, Chlolincocin, Chlorlincocin, Clindamycin, clindamycin, L-threo-alpha-D-galacto-Octopyranoside, methyl 7-chloro-6,7,8-trideoxy-6-(((1-methyl-4-propyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)carbonyl)amino)-1-thio-, (2S-trans)-, Clindamycin [skin], Clindamycin [skin] (product), Clindamycin [Chemical/Ingredient], clindamicin, Clindamicin, Clindamycin product, Clindamycin (product), Clindamycin (substance), Clindamycin [skin] (substance), Clindamycin product (product), CLINDAMYCIN
Swedish Klindamycin
Spanish producto con clindamicina (producto), producto con clindamicina, clindamicina (uso dermatológico), clindamicina (uso dermatológico) (producto), clindamicina (piel) (producto), clindamicina (piel), clindamicina (producto), clindamicina (sustancia), clindamicina, Clindamicina
Czech klindamycin
Finnish Klindamysiini
Russian KLINDAMITSIN, КЛИНДАМИЦИН
Japanese クリンダマイシン
Italian 7-Cloro7-deossi lincomicina, Clindamicina
Croatian KLINDAMICIN
Polish Klindamycyna
French Clindamycine
German Clindamycin
Portuguese Clindamicina
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Cleocin (C0699673)

Concepts Carbohydrate (T118) , Antibiotic (T195)
MSH D002981
English cleocin, Cleocin
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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