Purpose. The pharmacokinetics of amino-glycosides in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) is reviewed. Conclusion. Determining appropriate aminoglycoside dosage in patients with SCI is ...

Aminoglycosides are antibiotics effective against a wide range of bacteria including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Until now however, their mode of entry into ...

Choosing the appropriate antibiotics to treat bacterial infections has grown more challenging because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Aminoglycosides, as broad-spectrum antibiotics, ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are developing new ways to study why an antibiotic causes hair cell death and permanent hearing loss in people. In a study recently published in ...

An expert briefly describes the study ‘Single Dose Aminoglycosides versus Carbapenems for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase-phenotype Gram ...

Researchers conducted a study to assess the safety and efficacy of aminoglycosides or polymyxin monotherapy for the treatment of adults with complicated urinary tract infections caused by extensively ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(17):1607-1614. The trials described herein have several limitations, such as small sample size, the majority of subjects being male, insufficient detail in the ...