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Trans-Tympanic Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Ototoxicity
Published on: March 16, 2018
[Ototoxic drugs. I. Aminoglycoside antibiotics]
Ewa Buszman1, Dorota Wrześniok, Bartosz Matusiński
1Katedry i Zakładu Chemii i Analizy Leków w Sosnowcu Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
Abstract:
The fact that some drugs can affect the hearing function is well known. All aminoglycoside antibiotics have the potential to induce severe and irreversible ototoxicity in the cochlea and vestibular organ. The mechanism causing aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss is still not well established. Nevertheless, today aminoglycosides are the most commonly used antibiotics world wide thanks to their high efficacy and low cost. In this review pharmacological and toxicological properties of aminoglycoside antibiotics are described as well as risk factors and pathophysiology of aminoglycosides ototoxicity. Current hypotheses concerning the mechanisms of aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity are also discussed.
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