TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel pharmacological treatment of bacterial infectious diseases in humans. Specifically the invention relates to the use of apramycin of formula (I) or apramycin derivatives to treat bacterial infectious diseases in humans. It is demonstrated that apramycin surprisingly does not have the expected high level of toxicity observed with related aminoglycoside antibiotics but actually is even significantly less toxic than compounds already used in human medicine such as gentamicin.