Possible Interaction: Magnesium Cation and Gentamicin

“The present study uses the zebrafish lateral line to demonstrate that extracellular calcium and magnesium ions modulate hair cell death from neomycin and gentamicin in vivo, with high levels of either divalent cation providing significant protection.”

“A higher dose of gentamicin (0.56 mg/kg/min for 3 hr) also significantly decreased plasma magnesium concentrations (0.40 +/- 0.01 vs. 0.49 +/- 0.02 mmol/l, treated vs. control; P less than .01).”

“In-vitro, the MBC of gentamicin was increased four-fold by the addition of magnesium ions and eight-fold under anaerobic conditions whereas these variables had no significant effect upon the MBC of ciprofloxacin and imipenem.”

“ Gentamicin decreased ADH-stimulated osmotic water flow in a dose-dependent manner, with a threshold effect at approximately 0.5 mM. This inhibitory effect occurred only in response to submaximal concentrations of ADH, was reversible, and was preventable with Mg++.”

“Physiologic concentrations of Ca++ and Mg++ decreased the susceptibility of P. aeruginosa to gentamicin fourfold.”

“In disc diffusion testing, the tobramycin and gentamicin zone diameters were found to vary significantly with concentrations of magnesium ions in the media employed.”