Daptomycin

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Daptomycin
TermDaptomycin
Short definitionDaptomycin - (pronounced) (dap-toh-MY-sin) A drug used to treat certain bacterial skin and bloodstream infections in adults. Daptomycin is also being studied to treat fever and neutropenia (an abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell) in cancer patients. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Daptomycin - (pronounced) (dap-toh-MY-sin) A drug used to treat certain bacterial skin and bloodstream infections in adults. Daptomycin is also being studied to treat fever and neutropenia (an abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell) in cancer patients. It's a type of antibiotic. Also called Cubicin

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