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pirlimycin
Sign in to savePirlimycin, sold under the brand name Pirsue, is used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle. It is used as the salt pirlimycin hydrochloride and it belongs to the lincosamide class of antimicrobials. __TOC__
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Pirlimycin, sold under the brand name Pirsue, is used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle. It is used as the salt pirlimycin hydrochloride and it belongs to the lincosamide class of antimicrobials. __TOC__
==Activity== Pirlimycin is active against Gram-positive bacteria, specifically Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative species of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. It has no activity against Gram-negative bacteria.
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