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Spectinomycin (Spectinomycin Hydrochloride)

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An antibiotic produced by Streptomyces spectabilis. It is active against gram-negative bacteria and used for the treatment of gonorrhea.

Also Known As:

Spectinomycin Hydrochloride; Trobicin; Adspec; Aspen Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; CEVA Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Chevita Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Ferkel Spectam; Interpharm Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Kempi; Osborn Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Pharmacia Brand of Spectinomycin; Pharmacia Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Pharmacia Spain Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Pharmacia Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Prospec; Salmosan-T; Sanofi Brand of Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Spectam; Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride, Anhydrous; Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride, Pentahydrate; Stanilo; Valdar Brand of Spectinomycin; Anhydrous Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride; Dihydrochloride, Pharmacia Spectinomycin; Salmosan T; SalmosanT; Spectam, Ferkel; Spectinomycin Dihydrochloride, Pharmacia; Spectinomycin Pharmacia Brand; Spectinomycin Valdar Brand; Actinospectacin; 4H-Pyrano(2,3-b)(1,4)benzodioxin-4-one, decahydro-4a,7,9-trihydroxy-2-methyl-6,8-bis(methylamino)-, (2R-(2alpha,4abeta,5abeta,6beta,7beta,8beta,9alpha,9aalpha,10abeta))-

Networked: 235 relevant articles (32 outcomes, 21 trials/studies)

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Experts

1.	Muratani, Tetsuro: 2 articles (07/2008 - 06/2006)
2.	Matsumoto, Tetsuro: 2 articles (07/2008 - 06/2006)
3.	Ahmed, Ashraf M: 2 articles (03/2005 - 06/2004)
4.	Shimamoto, Tadashi: 2 articles (03/2005 - 06/2004)
5.	Devaraj, Sridevi: 1 article (09/2015)
6.	Akbas, Neval: 1 article (09/2015)
7.	Gonzalez, Graciela: 1 article (09/2015)
8.	Sciorsci, Raffaele Luigi: 1 article (01/2015)
9.	Kujawa, Marlena: 1 article (01/2015)
10.	Majewski, Sławomir: 1 article (01/2015)

Related Diseases

1.	Infection 02/01/1987 - "For the moment spectinomycin remains highly effective in treating gonococcal infections in west Africa." 01/01/2015 - "The aims of this study were: (1) to assess the stability of the intron-insertion in an in vivo infection model to gauge the efficacy of this genetic tool for long term animal studies and (2) to expand upon the utility of the method by validating a second selection marker (aadA, conferring spectinomycin resistance) for mutant construction. " 01/01/1979 - "A single dose treatment with spectinomycin cured the genital and pharyngeal infections." 01/01/1987 - "[Epidemiological and therapeutic studies on gonococcal infections--one shot therapy by spectinomycin--[Sapporo Clinical Research Group for STD]]." 07/01/1977 - "The variable results observed in this study and in two others make it difficult to predict the clinical usefulness of spectinomycin in the treatment of anaerobic infections. "
2.	Gonorrhea 01/01/1982 - "Spectinomycin is a broad-spectrum aminocyclitol antibiotic that is highly effective in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea. " 01/01/2013 - "Spectinomycin remains a useful reserve option for therapy of gonorrhea. " 08/01/1992 - "Spectinomycin, which has been in general use against gonorrhea in Thailand since 1983, has dwindling utility, with resistance at a level of 8.9%." 05/01/1988 - "Spectinomycin disk zone diameter as a predictor of outcome in clinical treatment of gonorrhea." 03/01/1986 - "[Further observations with regard to the treatment of gonorrhea with spectinomycin]."
3.	Urethritis 07/01/2008 - "The results of this study indicate that a single-dose treatment using 2g spectinomycin is effective in treating patients with urethritis caused by N. " 07/01/2008 - "Single-dose treatment of male patients with gonococcal urethritis using 2g spectinomycin: microbiological and clinical evaluations." 11/01/1989 - "Seven patients (four men, three women) with gonococcal urethritis resistant to spectinomycin treatment were seen in May and June 1989 in the Department of Dermatology in Berlin (West), and strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) resistant to spectinomycin were detected, cultured in vitro from these individuals. " 01/19/1974 - "One hundred and eighty-seven males with uncomplicated gonorrheal urethritis were treated with spectinomycin hydrochloride in a dosage of 2 g. " 01/19/1974 - "Treatment of gonorrheal urethritis with spectinomycin hydrochloride."
4.	Escherichia coli Infections 07/01/1993 - "Effect of spectinomycin on Escherichia coli infection in 1-day-old ducklings." 07/01/1988 - "Therapeutic efficacy of medicating drinking water with spectinomycin and lincomycin-spectinomycin in experimental Escherichia coli infection in poultry." 03/01/1977 - "Three replicate trials were conducted with broiler male chicks to test the therapeutic efficacy of doxycycline, chlortetracycline and lincomycin-spectinomycin in water against an artifically induced Escherichia coli infection. "
5.	Chancroid 09/01/1992 - "It is concluded that a single 2-gm dose of spectinomycin is a safe and effective alternative drug for treatment of chancroid." 09/01/1992 - "Fifty patients with lesions characteristic of chancroid were enrolled in an open-label prospective study to examine the efficacy of a single 2-gm dose of spectinomycin for treatment of chancroid. " 09/01/1992 - "Treatment of chancroid with a single dose of spectinomycin." 04/01/1987 - "Thus we found that the one-day regimen of spectinomycin was as effective for the treatment of chancroid as was TMP-SMZ given for five days. " 09/01/1990 - "A comparative study of spectinomycin and erythromycin in the treatment of chancroid."

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4.	Cefoxitin (Cefoxitin Sodium)
5.	Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
6.	Spectinomycin (Spectinomycin Hydrochloride)
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