amikacin

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Molecular structure of amikacin

amikacin (countable and uncountable, plural amikacins)

An aminoglycoside antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₄₃N₅O₁₃.
- 2007 March 20, Lawrence K. Altman, “Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis”, in New York Times‎:
  XDR-TB is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two most important antituberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampin), along with […] a member of the fluoroquinolone class and at least one of three others (capreomycin, kanamycin and amikacin).

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