Kanamycin B - Kanamycin B

Japanese: カナマイシン B - かなまいしんびー
Kanamycin B - Kanamycin B

...It can cause tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss, and other cranial nerve 8 (vestibulocochlear nerve) disorders, so long-term use requires caution regarding side effects on the auditory nerve. Kanamycin B (2'-amino-2'-deoxykanamycin), which has higher antibacterial activity and toxicity than kanamycin, is obtained from kanamycin-producing bacteria and is called kanendomycin (called bekanamycin by WHO), and is widely used as an injectable drug for general bacterial infections (excluding tuberculosis). It is also used as a starting material for the synthesis of dibekacin (3',4'-dideoxykanamycin B), a new kanamycin that is effective against multidrug-resistant enterobacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "kanamycin B" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…耳鳴り,めまい,難聴など第8脳神経(内耳神経)障害があるので,長期にわたって使用する場合は聴神経への副作用に注意が必要である。なお,カナマイシンより抗菌活性,毒性がともに高いカナマイシンB(2′‐アミノ‐2′‐デオキシカナマイシン)がカナマイシン産生菌より得られカネンドマイシンと呼ばれるが(WHOではベカナマイシンと呼ぶ),これは広く一般細菌感染症(結核を除く)に注射薬として用いられる。さらにこれは,多剤耐性の腸内細菌,緑膿菌などに対して有効な新カナマイシンであるジベカシン(3′,4′‐ジデオキシカナマイシンB)の合成の出発物質としても利用される。…

※「カナマイシン B」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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