Drug Summary

  Drug name:  gentamicin
  Chemical name:  Gentamicine sulfate
  Formula:  C₂₁H₄₃N₅O_{7  Weight:   477.5954
  CAS no:  1403-66-3
  DrugBank link:  DB00798
  Description:  A complex of three different closely related aminoglycoside sulfates, Gentamicins C1, C2, and C1a, obtained from Micromonospora purpurea and related species. They are broad-spectrum antibiotics, but may cause ear and kidney damage. They act to inhibit protein synthesis (genetic translation). [PubChem]
  Indication:  For treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible strains of the following microorganisms: P. aeruginosa, Proteus species (indole-positive and indole-negative), E. coli, Klebsiella-Enterobactor-Serratia species, Citrobacter species and Staphylococcus species (coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative).}