Related Searches
Definitions
Capreomycin
Nearby Words

Capreomycin

Capreomycin
Capreomycin is a peptide antibiotic, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, which is given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis. Adverse effects include nephrotoxicity and 8th cranial nerve toxicity.

The drug should not be given with streptomycin or other drugs that may damage the 8th nerve.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006 Wikipedia contributors (Disclaimer)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Sunday May 25, 2008 at 17:16:33 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation

Related Articles
Study data from University of Perugia update knowledge of capreomycin therapy.
Apr 13, 2010; According to recent research published in the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, "The aim of this work was to produce...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Capreomycin
Feb 26, 2011; A 26-year-old man developed optic neuritis during treatment with Capreomycin for tuberculosis. The man, who had a history...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Lilly OKs capreomycin making in China via Hisun as part of TB fight.(Eli Lilly and Co.)(Hisun Pharmaceutical)(Brief article)
Apr 03, 2006; US drug major Eli Lilly, as part of World TB Day 2006, has said that the Capreomycin active pharmaceutical ingredient...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Oct. 25 for "Heterologous Production of Capreomycin and Generation of New Capreomycin Derivatives Through Metabolic Engineering" (Wisconsin Inventors)
Oct 29, 2011; ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 29 -- United States Patent no. 8,044,186, issued on Oct. 25, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Colorado Inventors Develop Phenylurea Capreomycin Derivatives
Nov 16, 2007; ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 16 -- Joseph P. Lyssikatos of Superior, Colo., and Steven Mark Wenglowsky of Boulder, Colo., have developed...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
HighBeam Research, Inc. © Copyright 2009.

Search another word or see Capreomycinon Dictionary | Thesaurus |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT