[General toxic and organotropic properties of sisomicin sulfate in chronic experiments on animals].

General toxic and organotropic properties of sisomicin sulfate were studied in chronic experiments on different animal species with the use of doses equivalent to therapeutic ones in humans or exceeding them by several times. When sisomicin was injected intramuscularly for 4 weeks in a dose equivalent by the body surface to the average daily dose for humans, no significant effect on the macroorganism was observed. When the dose was 2--4 times higher, a significant increase in the blood serum levels of the urea nitrogen, creatinine, bilirubin and aspartate aminotransferase was shown. Histological examinations revealed focal adiposis of epithelial cells of the convoluted tubules of the kidney and small areas of parenchymal necrosis. Impairment of vestibular and auditory functions was detected in some animals.