tobramycin

[ toh-bruh-mahy-sin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tobramycin¹

1970–75; perhaps (Strep)to(myces) (tene)bra(rias) + -mycin

Example Sentences

The involvement affected essential medicines including, pravastatin, and two other drugs - skin infection treatment clotrimazole and tobramycin, a medicine for eye infections.

From Reuters

The class of drugs has provided some well-known agents, such as Neomycin, streptomycin and tobramycin, which had worked well, despite some side effects, until the bacteria they were fighting began developing resistance.

From Wall Street Journal

Later we learned she had already received a dose in the E.R. — worrisome because tobramycin’s risk of harming the kidneys increases with accumulated doses.

From New York Times

Another observation that the researchers made was that this biofilm is more susceptible to the antibiotic tobramycin.

From Scientific American

So we started her on intravenous fluids and tobramycin, a potent antibiotic with potent side effects.

From New York Times