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Roxithromycin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) |
 | | Roxithromycin prevents ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants) bacteria from growing, by interfering with their (additional info and facts about protein synthesis) protein synthesis. |
 | | Roxithromycin has similar antimicrobial spectrum as erythromycin, but is more effective against certain gram-negative bacteria, particularly Legionella pneumophilae. |
 | | When taken before a meal, roxithromycin is very rapidly absorbed, and diffused into most tissues and (A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms) phagocytes. |
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