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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
To assess the possible role of endotoxin as an amplification factor for experimental nephrotoxicity due to gentamicin plus vancomycin, rats were given continuous intravenous (iv) endotoxin or saline followed by twice-daily intraperitoneal (ip) saline, vancomycin (20 mg/kg ip), gentamicin (15 mg/kg subcutaneously), or both gentamicin and vancomycin. After 5 or 8 days of treatment, functional and histologic parameters of renal function were evaluated: cortical drug levels, tritiated thymidine incorporation into cellular DNA, creatinine clearance, and appearance by light and electron microscopy. In animals not given endotoxin, only rats that received gentamicin plus vancomycin developed measurable abnormalities. Endotoxin did not cause nephrotoxicity in vancomycin-treated rats. However, in endotoxin-infused rats treated with gentamicin or gentamicin plus vancomycin for 8 days, the increase in blood urea nitrogen, decrease in creatinine clearance, and rise in renal cortical DNA synthesis were more severe than those in non-endotoxin-infused rats (P less than .01). In these studies, endotoxin amplified the nephrotoxic potential of gentamicin alone and gentamicin plus vancomycin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
721-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Endotoxin increases the nephrotoxic potential of gentamicin and vancomycin plus gentamicin.
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Infectiologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre, Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't