Spectinomycin description

Spectinomycin
TROBICIN® FDA Package Insert
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Description

TROBICIN Sterile Powder contains spectinomycin hydrochloride which is an aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by a species of soil microorganism designated as Streptomyces spectabilis. Sterile spectinomycin hydrochloride is the pentahydrated dihydrochloride salt of spectinomycin. The structural formula is represented below:

Spectinomycin hydrochloride is isolated as a white to pale buff crystalline dihydrochloride pentahydrate powder, molecular weight 495, and is stable in the dry state for 36 months.

References

Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.