Dalbavancin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-012903",
  "term": "Dalbavancin",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A second-generation, semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide antibiotic, with bactericidal activity against a variety of gram-positive bacteria. Upon administration, dalbavancin binds, at a site different from that of penicillins and cephalosporins, tightly to the D-alanyl-D-alanine portion of peptidoglycan chains, thereby preventing peptidoglycan elongation and interfering with bacterial cell wall synthesis. This leads to activation of bacterial autolysins and induces cell wall lysis.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/dalbavancin/"
}