Soframycin Multi-Purpose Antiseptic Cream for Cuts, Wounds, Burns & Skin Infections, 30 gm belongs to the group of aminoglycoside antibiotics used to treat various skin conditions or infections caused by bacteria, including burns, scalds (injure with very hot liquid or steam), wounds, ulcers, boils, furunculosis (boils), impetigo (bacterial infection of the skin), sycosis barbae (an inflammatory disorder of follicular and perifollicular skin), paronychia (inflammation of the skin around the nail), otitis externa (An infection of the outer ear canal) and secondary infections in scabies and lice.