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Pristinamycin MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Pristinamycin
Tree Number(s)
D04.345.566.802.374
D12.644.641.802.374
Unique ID
D025762
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D025762
Scope Note
An antibiotic mixture originally isolated from Streptomyces pristinaspiralis. It is a mixture of compounds from STREPTOGRAMIN GROUP A: pristinamycin IIA and IIB and from STREPTOGRAMIN GROUP B: pristinamycin IA, pristinamycin IB, pristinamycin IC.
Entry Term(s)
Pyostacine
RP 7293
RP7293
Pharm Action
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Virginiamycin (1994-2001)
Public MeSH Note
2002; see VIRGINIAMYCIN 1994-2001, see PRISTINAMYCINS 1981-1993; for RP7293 and RP 7293 see VIRGINIAMYCIN 1998-2001
History Note
2002; use VIRGINIAMYCIN 1994-2001; for RP7293 and RP 7293 use VIRGINIAMYCIN 1998-2001
Date Introduced
2002/01/01
Last Updated
2016/07/01
Pristinamycin Preferred
RP 7293 Narrower
Pyostacine Narrower
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