A polypeptide antibiotic mixture obtained from Bacillus brevis. It consists of a mixture of three tyrocidines (60%) and several gramicidins (20%) and is very toxic to blood, liver, kidneys, meninges, and the olfactory apparatus. It is used topically.
Subtype terms (2)
More specific conditions that are subtypes of Tyrothricin in the MeSH hierarchy.