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.
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