Drug-induced hearing loss: Infection raises the odds

Corné J Kros; Terri Desmonds

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aac9811

Drug-induced hearing loss: Infection raises the odds

Sci Transl Med. 2015 Jul 29;7(298):298fs31. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aac9811.

Authors

Corné J Kros¹, Terri Desmonds²

Affiliations

¹ Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands. c.j.kros@sussex.ac.uk.
² Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.

PMID: 26223298
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aac9811

Abstract

Inflammation due to bacterial infection exacerbates hearing loss caused by aminoglycoside antibiotic treatment in a mouse model of sepsis (Koo et al.).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Endotoxemia / complications*
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / chemically induced*
Humans
Inflammation*

Abstract

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