

Streptogramins are a class of antibiotics. They work as protein synthesis inhibitors.[1]
Streptogramins are effective in the treatment ofvancomycin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (VRSA) andvancomycin-resistantEnterococcus (VRE), two of the most rapidly growing strains ofmultidrug-resistant bacteria. They fall into two groups:streptogramin A (23-memberedmacrolide) andstreptogramin B (depsipeptide). The two groups act synergistically. They are naturally produced in a 3:7 ratio; most formulations keep this ratio.[2]
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Streptogramins [1] are a class of antibiotics of two types, streptogramin A and streptogramin B. Separately, group A and group B streptogramins are bacteriostatic, by reversible binding to the 50S subunit of 70S bacterial ribosomes. Together, however, streptogramins from each group are synergic and bactericidal.
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