What is topical gentamicin used for? Topical gentamicin is an antibiotic that is commonly used to treat certain bacterial skin infections, such as impetigo or folliculitis. It is also used to treat ...

Background: The clinical evidence base for ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity outcomes with once-daily dosing (ODD) of gentamicin in children is suboptimal. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in once-daily ...

Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene containing a premature termination signal cause a deficiency or absence of functional chloride-channel activity.

If corroborated by longer-term studies, researchers argued the treatment could be a safe short-term treatment for patients. Researchers published findings from a short-term study showcasing the ...

This study was initiated to compare the efficacy of gentamicin and kanamycin, the latter given either alone or with polymyxin, as the primary therapy in patients with suspected gram-negative sepsis.

Gentamicin, the drug that destroyed Janice Mackay's entire vestibular system, was discovered at the Schering pharmaceutical lab in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1963. Misdiagnosed and misunderstood, the ...

We conducted a randomized, vehicle-controlled phase 3 trial of topical treatments containing 15% paromomycin, with and without 0.5% gentamicin, for cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major ...

Gentamicin should generally not be considered a first-line option in the treatment of gonorrhea, however it may be useful in certain patients, according to the results of a recent non-inferiority ...

Aminoglycoside is an effective antibiotic against Gram-negative infection, widely used in clinical infections. Use of aminoglycoside has been shifted to less toxic antibiotics in industrialized ...

What is gentamicin ophthalmic used for? Gentamicin ophthalmic (eye) is an antibiotic commonly used to treat certain bacterial infections of the eye and the skin around the eyes (such as eyelids), such ...

This is a prospective, single cohort study of children admitted to a tertiary referral pediatric hospital for suspected or confirmed bacterial infection, who commenced an antibiotic regimen that ...