11{at}ucl.ac.uk The aminoglycosides are broad-spectrum, bactericidal antibiotics that are commonly prescribed for children, primarily for infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens. The ...

Produced by the bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, gentamicin is made up of five molecules, each with different levels of antibiotic activity and toxicity ... which is not conserved in other enzymes ...

The role of the ANNP is to ensure both crp levels are checked and the blood culture is negative, with the aim of stopping antibiotics at 36 hours before the second dose of gentamicin is due. In ...

Our local NEC treatment guideline states that the first line antibiotic regimen should be amoxicillin, gentamicin and metronidazole for up to 10 days treatment. Aim The aim of our audit was to ...

as they have two membranes antibiotics need to penetrate. For a long time, no new classes of antibiotics effective against Gram-negatives had been approved in over fifty years. However ...

Early appropriate antibiotic treatment is vital and gentamicin is the most frequently used antibiotic on neonatal units (NNUs). Antimicrobial breakpoints are predominantly based on adult data and the ...