Kanamycin (also known as
kanamycin A) is an aminoglycoside bacteriocidal antibiotic, available in oral, intravenous, and intramuscular forms, and
used to treat a wide variety of infections.
Kanamycin is isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus and its most commonly
used form is
kanamycin sulfate.
Kanamycin is active at low concentrations against many
Gram-
positive bacteria, including penicillin-resistant staphylococci. ... The tetracyclines are broad-spectrum antibiotics with a wide range of activity against both
Gram-
positive and
Gram-
negative bacteria.