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Cubicin

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002176

A drug used to treat certain bacterial skin and bloodstream infections in adults. Cubicin is also being studied in the treatment of fever and neutropenia (an abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell) in patients with cancer. It is a type of antibiotic. Also called daptomycin.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002176
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsdaptomycin
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-002176",
  "term": "Cubicin",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug used to treat certain bacterial skin and bloodstream infections in adults. Cubicin is also being studied in the treatment of fever and neutropenia (an abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell) in patients with cancer. It is a type of antibiotic. Also called daptomycin.",
  "synonyms": [
    "daptomycin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cubicin/"
}

Record 5,492 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.