MadSci Network: Immunology
Query:

Subject: How would streptomycin kill you?

Date: Sun Dec 6 17:17:58 1998
Posted by Alex De Vine
Grade level: 4-6
School: Hopatcong Middle School
City: Hopatcong State/Province: NJ
Country: USA
Area of science: Immunology
ID: 912986278.Im
Message:

I went to an online store called Science Stuff.  They sell agar, petri dishes, 
and antibiotics.  They come in discs, and one of them was streptomycin 
(strep-tuh-my-ah-sin) and I researched it a bit on my computer.  It said that it 
belonged to the aminoglycoside (I don't really know if I'm spelling it right), 
and it said that an allergec reaction with one can cause sometimes fatal 
results.  The most rare is sudden death.  Could you tell me why this would 
happen?




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