Background:

Capreomycin sulfate is a peptide antibiotic, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, which is given in combination with other antibiotics for MDR-tuberculosis.IC50 value:Target: The drug should not be given with streptomycin or other drugs that may damage the auditory vestibular nerve. Patients on this drug will often require audiology tests. It is a cyclic peptide.Capreomycin is administered intramuscularly and shows bacteriostatic activity.

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