出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/11/20 03:13 UTC 版)
From translingual Streptomyces + -in. By surface analysis, strepto- + -mycin.
streptomycin (uncountable)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/01 09:38 UTC 版)
Streptomycin is an antibiotic drug, the first of a class of drugs called aminoglycosides to be discovered, and was the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis. It is derived from the actinobacterium Streptomyces griseus. Streptomycin is a bactericidal antibiotic. Streptomycin cannot be given orally, but must be administered by regular intramuscular injections. An adverse effect of this medicine is ototoxicity.