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  2. Aminoglycoside - Wikipedia

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    Streptomycin is the first-in-class aminoglycoside antibiotic. It is derived from Streptomyces griseus and is the earliest modern agent used against tuberculosis . Streptomycin lacks the common 2-deoxystreptamine moiety (image right, below) present in most other members of this class.

  3. Streptomycin - Wikipedia

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    Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside. [3] It works by blocking the ability of 30S ribosomal subunits to make proteins, which results in bacterial death. [3] Albert Schatz first isolated streptomycin in 1943 from Streptomyces griseus. [5] [6] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [7]

  4. Ototoxic medication - Wikipedia

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    Aminoglycosides are a class of antibiotics. The most frequently used aminoglycosides include gentamicin, amikacin and streptomycin. These antibiotics are usually used in combination with other antimicrobial agents to treat drug-resistant organisms. For example, they are used with β-lactam for bacterial infections in pneumonia. [7]

  5. Subacute bacterial endocarditis - Wikipedia

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    Aminoglycoside. The standard treatment is with a minimum of four weeks of high-dose intravenous penicillin with an aminoglycoside such as gentamicin. The use of high-dose antibiotics is largely based upon animal models. [2] Leo Loewe of Brooklyn Jewish Hospital was the first to successfully treat subacute bacterial endocarditis with penicillin ...

  6. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Tetracyclines, rifampicin, and the aminoglycosides streptomycin and gentamicin: Yes [5] Yersinia pestis: Bubonic plague: Culture Aminoglycosides such as streptomycin and gentamicin, tetracyclines (especially doxycycline), and the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin: Under research [6] usually Burkholderia cepacia and other Burkholderia species ...

  7. List of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of antibiotics. The highest division between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic . Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing.

  8. Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin - Wikipedia

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    Neomycin belongs to the aminoglycoside class of antibiotics and fights against Gram positive and gram negative bacteria. The antibiotic is often used to prevent risk of bacterial infections. [22] Aminoglycosides work by binding to bacterial RNA and changing the ability to produce proteins while exerting little to no effect on DNA. Thus ...

  9. Category:Aminoglycoside antibiotics - Wikipedia

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