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Streptomycin
Streptomycin
is an
antibiotic
(
antimycobacterial
) drug, the first of a class of drugs called
aminoglycosides
to be discovered, and it was the first effective treatment for
tuberculosis
. It is derived from the
actinobacterium
Streptomyces griseus
. Streptomycin is a
bactericidal
antibiotic. Adverse effects of this medicine are
ototoxicity
,
nephrotoxicity
, fetal auditory toxicity, and neuromuscular paralysis.
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