General description
Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used in the treatment of various bacterial infections.
INN
Gentamicin
Medicine type
Chemical agent
Antibiotic groups
EML status history
First added in 1977
(TRS
615)
for
Bacterial infection of unspecified site
Added in 1989
(TRS
796)
for
Infectious blepharitis
Added in 1989
(TRS
796)
for
Other specified conjunctivitis
Added in 2017
(TRS
1006)
for
Acute malnutrition in infants, children or adolescents
Added in 2017
(TRS
1006)
for
Sepsis without septic shock
Added in 2017
(TRS
1006)
for
Gonococcal infection
Removed in 2017
(TRS
1006)
for
Bacterial infection of unspecified site
Added in 2017
(TRS
1006)
for
Bacterial pneumonia
Added in 2019
(TRS
1021)
for
Other specified prophylactic measures
Added in 2021
(TRS
1035)
for
Peritonitis
Added in 2021
(TRS
1035)
for
Peritoneal abscess
Added in 2021
(TRS
1035)
for
Neonatal meningitis
Added in 2025
(TRS
1064)
for
Neonatal meningitis
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Recommendations
Section
Ophthalmological preparations > Anti-infective agents
- Local > Ophthalmological > Solution (eye drops): 0.3% (gentamicin sulfate)
Indications
Section
Access group antibiotics
- Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 10 mg per mL in 2 mL vial (as sulfate); 40 mg per mL in 2 mL vial (as sulfate)
Indications
First choice
Neonatal meningitis co-prescribed with amoxicillin Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) [children] co-prescribed with amoxicillin Sepsis without septic shock co-prescribed with ampicillin Peritonitis (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with ampicillin Peritoneal abscess (mild-moderate) co-prescribed with ampicillin Peritoneal abscess (severe) co-prescribed with ampicillin Acute malnutrition in infants, children or adolescents (complicated) [children] co-prescribed with ampicillin Sepsis without septic shock co-prescribed with ampicillin Peritonitis (severe) co-prescribed with ampicillin Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) [children] co-prescribed with benzylpenicillin Bacterial pneumonia (Community-acquired pneumonia - severe) [children] co-prescribed with benzylpenicillin Sepsis without septic shock co-prescribed with benzylpenicillin Acute malnutrition in infants, children or adolescents (complicated) [children]
Other indications
Section
Medicines for bacterial central nervous system infections
- Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 10 mg per mL in 2 mL vial (as sulfate); 40 mg per mL in 2 mL vial (as sulfate)