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[Effect of gentamycin on persistence of tick-borne encephalitis]
[Article in Russian]
Effect of gentamicin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, on the persistence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus in Syrian hamsters and Macaca iris in remote periods (70-434 days) after inoculation is studied. Attempts at virus isolation from animals treated with gentamicin failed. Unlike other aminoglycosides, e.g. streptomycin, gentamicin exerted no immunodepressive effect; moreover, immunocorrection was observed in some experiments on monkeys and hamsters. None of the 10 previously tested antibiotics elicited such an effect or inhibited the persisting TBE virus. Morphological study of the central nervous system in hamsters and monkeys showed that injection of gentamicin did not cause an exacerbation of chronic encephalitis. The mechanism of immunocorrecting effect of gentamicin is to be further investigated.
PMID: 10190241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Patient Drug Information
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Gentamicin Sulfate Injection (Garamycin® )
Your doctor has ordered gentamicin, an antibiotic, to help treat your infection. The drug will be either injected into a large muscle (such as your buttock or hip) or added to an intravenous fluid that will drip through ...