Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) University of Zimbabwe (UZ.)
Abstract
A clinical report on the use of gentamicin as a medical prescription in children with
systemic infections in a Zimbabwean hospital.Aminoglycosides are commonly used worldwide in the treatment of severe bacterial infections especially aerobic gram-negative infections. Due to its low cost, gentamicin is commonly used in developing countries. In the paediatric medical wards at Harare Central Hospital (HCH), gentamicin was the fifth most commonly used antimicrobial agent in1992
