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ampicillin

[am-puh-sil-in] / ˌæm pəˈsɪl ɪn /


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The researchers examined how resistant each strain was to 16 commonly used antibiotics, including ampicillin combined with sulbactam, meropenem, tetracycline, and vancomycin.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

In some samples, up to 20% of the E. coli were resistant to the frontline antibiotic drug ampicillin.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023

Samples were plated on nutrient agar plates, some of which were supplemented with the antibiotic ampicillin.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The strain typically resists four major antibiotics: ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole and tetracycline.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2019

Other drugs that the pathogen has overcome in the past include ampicillin, streptomycin and tetracycline.

From Scientific American ● May 18, 2015




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