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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Antibodies produced against the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, appear to increase the risk of type 1 diabetes in children already genetically at risk, scientists say. When Medical College of ...

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 ...