Kanamycin (also known as kanamycin A) is an aminoglycoside bacteriocidal antibiotic, available in oral, intravenous, and intramuscular forms, and used to treat a wide variety of infections. Kanamycin is isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus and its most commonly used form is kanamycin sulfate.
For treatment of infections where one or more of the following are the known or suspected pathogens: E. coli, Proteus species (both indole-positive and indole-negative), E. aerogenes, K. pneumoniae, S. marcescens, and Acinetobacter species.
Brooklyn Chest Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Armauer Hanssen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
St. Peter's Tuberculosis Specializes Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
JSC National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Pusan National Unversity Hospital (PNUH), Busan, Korea, Republic of
National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Usc La Nichd Crs, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre CRS, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Boston Medical Center Ped. HIV Program NICHD CRS, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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