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Definition of Gentamicin

1. Noun. An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract.

Definition of Gentamicin

1. Noun. (medicine) A glycoside antibiotic, derived from an actinomycete, used to treat bacterial infections ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gentamicin

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Medical Definition of Gentamicin

1. A group of aminoglycoside antibiotics produced by Micromonospora spp. Members include the closely related gentamicin compounds C1, C2 and C1a, together with gentamicin A. They inhibit protein synthesis on 70S ribosomes by binding to the 23S core protein of the small subunit, that is responsible for binding mRNA. Mode of action similar to that of kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin, spectinomycin and streptomycin. Active against strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Gentamicin

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1. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Each milliliter of aqueous solution contains gentamicin sulfate equivalent to 50 milligrams of gentamicin. (b) Sponsor. See Nos. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"45% (v/v) Med 199, and 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum containing glucose at the indicated concentrations, and gentamicin (50 fig/ml) ..."

3. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"A gentamicin test system is a device intended to measure gentamicin, an antibiotic drug, in human specimens. Measurements obtamed by this device are used in ..."

4. Food Safety and Quality: FDA Strategy Needed to Address Animal Drug Residues (1993)
"The veterinarian had prescribed and dispensed gentamicin to treat mastitis ... When the cow was offered for slaughter, USDA detected gentamicin at 103 parts ..."

5. Healthy People, 2010: Conference Editionby Donna E. Shalala by Donna E. Shalala (2000)
"gentamicin 10-3d. Ampicillin Salmonella from cattle at slaughter that are ... gentamicin 10-3h. Ampicillin Salmonella from broilers at slaughter that are ..."

6. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"TN= Vitrasert Implant gentamicin impregnated Treatment of chronic osteomyelitis of post-traumatic, PMMA beads on surgical wire postoperative, ..."

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