Bacitracin is an antibiotic that treats staph infection caused by a bacteria called staphylococcus (STAF-il-oh-KOK-us). Bacitracin is used in infants to treat pneumonia. It is also used to treat an infection that causes pus to build up between the lungs and the membrane that covers them. Bacitracin may also be used for purposes other than those listed. Your Friend, Guru U
Bacitracin zinc is the zinc salt of Bacitracin. Bacitracins A,B1,B2 and B3polypeptides antibiotics mixtures produced by certain strains of Bacillus licheniformis or Bacillus subtilis. It is used to cure bacterial diarrhea of livestock and bloody flux caused by treponema, treatment of local infections of the skin, eye and ear.
Bacitracin is a nonprescription antibiotic, usually provided in topical ointment form and discovered as a product of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Bacitracin contain C, H, N, O, S.
bacitracin is classified as a PEPTIDE (reference: http://dermnetnz.org/treatments/antibiotics.html)
bacitracin is limited to the treatment of infants with pneumonia and empyema caused by staphylococci shown to be susceptible to the drug
You shouldn't use bacitracin on any pet. Keep it out of reach of small children, too.
Bacitracin does have a sulfur molecule in its structure. If you are asking if bacitracin is a sulfa drug, then no, it is not a sulfa drug and can be used in patients with sulfa allergies for burns when silver sulfadiazene cannot be used.
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Yes, the edge zone of inhibiton directly indicates the limit of bacitracin.
Generally, no. Bacitracin ointment should not be applied near the eye unless it is Bacitracin ophthalmic ointment. Even that medicine, however, is only useful against bacterial infections, and only some of those. Most cases of "pink eye" are caused by viruses, and are therefore not treatable with Bacitracin.
Bacitracin inhibits isoprenyl pyrophosphate, a molecule that carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial wall outside of the inner membrane.
Yes it can. I have been suffering from cold soars all my life and bacitracin helps heal them fast.
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