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Gentamicin vs Amoxicillin - What's the difference?

gentamicin | amoxicillin |

As nouns the difference between gentamicin and amoxicillin

is that gentamicin is (medicine) an aminoglycoside antibiotic, derived from an actinomycete, used to treat bacterial infections while amoxicillin is (pharmaceutical drug) a moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula c16h19n3o5s.

gentamicin

English

(wikipedia gentamicin)

Noun

  • (medicine) An aminoglycoside antibiotic, derived from an actinomycete, used to treat bacterial infections

    • Synonyms

    * (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol

    Related terms

    * -micin

    Coordinate terms

    * Micromonospora

    amoxicillin

    English

    (wikipedia amoxicillin)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, ?-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula C16H19N3O5S.