noun
- A group of macrolide antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria, used to treat bacterial infections.
Usage: plural form; medical/pharmaceutical term; less commonly used than erythromycin or azithromycin in modern practice
Examples
- Oleandomycins were developed in the 1950s as alternatives to penicillin for treating infections.
- The antibiotic properties of oleandomycins made them valuable in early antibiotic therapy.
- Researchers studied oleandomycins to understand how macrolide antibiotics work against bacteria.
- Oleandomycins are rarely prescribed today due to the availability of newer antibiotics.