Gentamicin tobramicin amikacin use

Gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin are important drugs for the treatment of serious infections caused by aerobic gram-negative bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Proteus, Providencia, Pseudomonas, and Serratia,and Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Shigella species, although they are not drugs of choice for infections caused by these organisms.