Aminoglycosides

It is not the end for aminoglycosides, but rather, the challenges faced by researchers have led to ingenuity and a change in how we view this class of compounds, a renaissance - Jacob L. Houghton

Aminoglycosides
Aminoglycosides

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Back to the Future: Using Aminoglycosides Again and How to Dose Them Optimally

Gram-negative organisms have become increasingly resistant to both β-lactam antibiotics and fluoroquinolones. Consequently, aminoglycoside antibiotics have undergone a resurgence in use. Because of the known toxicities of aminoglycoside antibiotics, clinicians have avoided their use, unless no other alternatives were extant. Over the past 2 decades, we have learned much about the relationship between aminoglycoside exposure and the likelihood of a good clinical outcome or the occurrence of nephrotoxicity.

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 Back to the Future: Using Aminoglycosides Again and How to Dose Them Optimally

Aminoglycosides were widely used in empirical therapy throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s. Unfortunately, aminoglycoside use generates a number of toxicities, mostly oto- and nephrotoxicity. In summary, aminoglycosides are undergoing a resurgence in use because of widespread resistance to other therapeutic classes.

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While aminoglycosides are an older class of medication, they continue to be clinically valuable. Aminoglycosides have a broad spectrum of activity covering aerobic organisms, including gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria. There are several drugs within the aminoglycoside class, including gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin, neomycin, plazomicin, and streptomycin...

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