fusidic, a. Biochem.
(fjuːˈsɪdɪk)
[f. mod.L. Fusid-ium (see def.), f. L. fūs-us spindle + conidium: see -ic.]
fusidic acid: a steroid, C31H48O6, with antibiotic properties, orig. isolated from a strain of the fungus Fusidium coccineum and esp. effective against Staphylococcus aureus.
| 1962 W. O. Godtfredsen et al. in Nature 10 Mar. 987/1 From the fermentation broth of a strain of Fusidium a hitherto unrecorded antibiotic, for which the name ‘fusidic acid’ is proposed, has been isolated. 1962 Lancet 15 Dec. 1278/1 Success with fusidic acid in a highly resistant case of staphylococcal septicæmia. 1967 Gottlieb & Shaw Antibiotics II. 144 Fusidic acid, C31H48O6, a metabolite of Fusidium coccineum and Cephalosporium lamellaecola. Ibid. 145 Fusidic acid, sometimes called ‘Antibiotic ZN-6’, is identical with ‘Ramycin’ from Mucor ramannianus. |