| Glycopeptide | |
|---|---|
| Drug class | |
 Vancomycin, a glycopeptide | |
| Class identifiers | |
| Use | Bacterial infection |
| ATC code | J01X |
| Biological target | inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis |
| Clinical data | |
| Drugs.com | antibiotics.html Drug Classes |
| Legal status | |
| In Wikidata | |
Glycopeptide antibiotics are a class of drugs of microbial origin that are composed of glycosylated cyclic or polycyclic nonribosomal peptides. Significant glycopeptide antibiotics include the anti-infective antibiotics vancomycin, teicoplanin, telavancin, ramoplanin and decaplanin, corbomycin, complestatin and the antitumor antibiotic bleomycin. Vancomycin is used if infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is suspected.