Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete of the genus Micromonospora, used in its sulfate form to treat various infections.
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- n. A glycoside antibiotic, derived from an actinomycete, used to treat bacterial infections
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- n. an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract
Etymologies
Examples
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She approached Clark, who was worried about hearing loss in these newborns for a different reason: they were being given the drug gentamicin, which is closely related to kanamycin.
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Aminoglycosides, such as gentamicin, cause imbalances of magnesium, calcium and potassium. 20In fact, one study showed that gentamicin causes increased excretion of calcium by 5 percent and magnesium by 8.4 percent. 21When you take antibiotics, consider a B vitamin complex along with it.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific
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Aminoglycosides, such as gentamicin, cause imbalances of magnesium, calcium and potassium.20In fact, one study showed that gentamicin causes increased excretion of calcium by 5 percent and magnesium by 8.4 percent.21When you take antibiotics, consider a B vitamin complex along with it.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific
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Some very strong antibiotics, such as gentamicin and kanamycin, can cause permanent harm to your kidneys and hearing if too much is taken.
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Abdo Shafi, a child health coordinator at Alaba special woreda health bureau, said a shortage of "routine medications", such as gentamicin and crystalline penicillin, had also caused difficulties in the treatment of severely malnourished children with medical complications.
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Unlike anthrax, there is no FDA-approved vaccine available to protect against tularemia, and the only antibiotic treatments currently available for improving survival in the event of a tularemia outbreak are older agents, such as gentamicin and doxycycline.
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Periocular ulcerative dermatitis associated with gentamicin ointment prophylaxis in newborns.
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Researchers found that more than 99% of persisters were killed when sugar was added to a class of antibiotics known as aminoglycosides, which includes gentamicin and kanamycin.
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These drugs include antibiotics (including penicillin and gentamicin) and steroids, such as prednisone and the gout medication, colchicine.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients?
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Antibiotics used during vaccine manufacture include neomycin, polymyxin B, streptomycin and gentamicin.
raven_in_the_woods commented on the word gentamicin
god, that's almost gentenmann's!
October 12, 2010