Applications

Phosphomycin, also known as Fosfomycin, is an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fradiae. It is used to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections and to reduce nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity of platinum-containing anti-tumor agents. It is used for susceptibility studies of Klebsiella pneumoniae¹ and to study in vitro susceptibility testing procedures for fosfomycin tromethamine².