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Paromomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic, first isolated from ''Streptomyces krestomuceticus'' in the 1950s. It was discovered by Parke Davis now Pfizer and introduced as Humatin in 1960. It is also called monomycin and aminosidine; It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system. ==Medical uses== It is an antibiotic used to treat intestinal infections such as cryptosporidiosis and amoebiasis, and other diseases such as leishmaniasis. Paromomycin was demonstrated to be effective against cutaneous leishmaniasis in clinical studies in the USSR in the 1960s, and in trials with visceral leishmaniasis in the early 1990s.〔 The route of administration is intramuscular injection and capsule. Paromomycin topical cream with or without gentamicin is an effective treatment for ulcerative cutaneous leishmaniasis, according to the results of a phase-3, randomized, double-blind, parallel group–controlled trial. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paromomycin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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