What is Gentamycin?

Gentamycin (or gentamicin) is a aminoglycoside antibiotic, and can treat many different types of bacterial infections, particularly Gram-negative infections.

Gentamycin works by binding to a site on the bacterial ribosome, causing the genetic code to be misread.

Like all aminoglycosides, gentamycin does not pass the gastro-intestinal tract, so it can only be given intravenously, intramuscularly or topically.

E. Coli has shown some resistance to gentamycin, despite being Gram-negative.

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