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dihydrostreptomycin

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Noun1.dihydrostreptomycin - antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms
antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"


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Major groups of traditional ototoxic agents in humans Aminoglycosides Cytotoxic agents Amikacin Bleomycin Dihydrostreptomycin Carboplatinum Gentamicin Cisplatinum Kanamycin Nitrogen mustard Neomycin Vincristine Netilmicin Streptomycin Others Tobramycin Acetylsalicylic acid Arsenicals Loop diuretics Quinine Table 2.
Unlike its predecessor, dihydrostreptomycin is much more cochleotoxic than it is vestibulotoxic; in fact, it is almost exactly as cochleotoxic as streptomycin is vestibulotoxic.
 
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