Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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Cubicin (KYOO-bih-sin)
A drug used to treat certain bacterial skin and bloodstream infections in adults. Cubicin is also being studied in the treatment of fever and neutropenia (an abnormal decrease in the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell) in patients with cancer. It is a type of antibiotic. Also called daptomycin.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.