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Netilmicin, sold under the brand name Netromycin among others, is an antibiotic used to treat conjunctivitis and urinary tract infections among other bacterial infections. It is available as an eye drop, and has been given by injection.

Side effects may include eye redness or discomfort. Other concerns include hearing problems and kidney problems. Use is not recommended when breastfeeding. It is an aminoglycoside and works by interfering with protein production by bacteria.

Netilmicin was patented in 1973 and approved for medical use in 1981. It was approved for external eye infections in the UK in 2019. The eye drop is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines as an alternative to gentamicin. In the United Kingdom a course of treatment costs the altering sisomicin.