gentamicin
noun
gen·ta·mi·cin
ˌjen-tə-ˈmī-sᵊn 
: a broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora purpurea or M. echinospora) and extensively used as the sulfate in treating infections (as of the urinary tract)
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Additionally, some aminoglycoside antibiotics like gentamicin and tobramycin can cause your body to lose magnesium through urine.
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Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2024
This includes some older antibiotics, like streptomycin or gentamicin, or newer ones, such as ciprofloxacin.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Common antibiotics like gentamicin and fluoroquinolones are first-line treatment for plague, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Injections: Getting injections of the antibiotic gentamicin into the middle ear can reduce the incidence of vertigo while preserving hearing in the ear.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
The strain is resistant to various antibiotic weapons, including: cefepime, ceftazidime, piperacillin-tazobactam, aztreonam, carbapenems, ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftolozane-tazobactam, fluoroquinolones, polymyxins, amikacin, gentamicin, and tobramycin, the CDC reported.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
Both can be treated with gentamicin, one of a larger group of antibiotics called aminoglycosides.
—Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
The researchers combined gentamicin with different kinds of sugars, including mannitol, fructose and glucose.
—Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
But a Henry Ford Health System study found that cleaning catheters with an antibiotic combination of gentamicin and citrate, instead of heparin, lowered mortality rates a whopping 68 percent.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2015
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Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2024
This includes some older antibiotics, like streptomycin or gentamicin, or newer ones, such as ciprofloxacin.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Common antibiotics like gentamicin and fluoroquinolones are first-line treatment for plague, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Injections: Getting injections of the antibiotic gentamicin into the middle ear can reduce the incidence of vertigo while preserving hearing in the ear.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
The strain is resistant to various antibiotic weapons, including: cefepime, ceftazidime, piperacillin-tazobactam, aztreonam, carbapenems, ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftolozane-tazobactam, fluoroquinolones, polymyxins, amikacin, gentamicin, and tobramycin, the CDC reported.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
Both can be treated with gentamicin, one of a larger group of antibiotics called aminoglycosides.
—Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
The researchers combined gentamicin with different kinds of sugars, including mannitol, fructose and glucose.
—Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011
But a Henry Ford Health System study found that cleaning catheters with an antibiotic combination of gentamicin and citrate, instead of heparin, lowered mortality rates a whopping 68 percent.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2015
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gentamicin
noun
gen·ta·mi·cin
ˌjent-ə-ˈmīs-ᵊn
: a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture that is derived from two actinomycetes of the genus Micromonospora (M. purpurea and M. echinospora) and is extensively used in the form of the sulfate in treating infections especially of the urinary tract
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