Antibiotic from the group of aminoglycosides. CComes from 30S-subunit of the ribosomes of the bacterial cell and disrupts the movement of the ribosome along the filaments PHK. Also changes the process of reading the code PHK, which leads to the synthesis of functionally inactive proteins. Is able to disrupt the permeability of the cytoplasmic membrane of microorganisms. Has a bactericidal type of action against Neisseriagonorrhoeae, incl. strains producing penicillinase.
It is active against Gram-positive bacteria Actinomyces spp., Bacillus antracis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Neisseria meningitidis; and gram-negative microorganisms: Borrelia spp., Bordetella pertussis, Treponema pallidum, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., Haemophilus influenzae, Proteus spp., Pasteurella multocida, Vibrio cholerae, Fusobacterium spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Leptospira spp .
It is active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.