Gentamicin (also gentamycin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic.  Gentamicin can cause deafness or a loss of equilibrioception.  Gentamicin can also be highly nephrotoxic, particularly if multiple doses accumulate over a course of treatment. – wikipedia.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentamicin_sulfate

Chemical descriptions:
National Library of Medicine: PubChem
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?sid=8149357

Adverse effects
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed&term=%22Gentamicins%2fadverse%20effects%22[Mesh%20Terms%3anoexp

Toxicity
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed&term=%22Gentamicins%2ftoxicity%22[Mesh%20Terms%3anoexp

Poisoning:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed&term=%22Gentamicins%2fpoisoning%22[Mesh%20Terms%3anoexp

Present in these vaccines:
FluShield - trivalent influenza virus, types A&B

a.k.a. (brand names, trade names)
Gentamicin sulphate, Cidomycin (Roussel), Genticin (Nicholas), Lugacin (Lagap),       Sintepul, Gentamina, Glevomicina, Rovixida (Argentina), Refobacin (Australia), Geomycin (Belgium), Gentalline, Gentalyn (France), Refobacin, Sulmycin (Germany), Gentacin (Japan), Genalfa, Gentalyn, Gentibioptal, Genticol, Ribomicin (Italy), Biogen, Espectrocina, Genta-Gobens, Gentadavur, Gentallenas, Gentamin, Gentamival, Gento, Gentoma, Nuclogen, Sulgemicin (Spain), Garamicina (Sweden), Genoptic (USA), Garamycin (Kirby - Warrick, UK), Gentamicin BDH (E. Merck, UK), Gentigan (E. Merck, UK), Cidomycin Intrathecal Injectable (Roussel, UK),       Gentamicin L - BDH (E. Merck, UK) (Nicholas, UK), Cidomycin Injectable Paediatric (Roussel, UK), Garamycin Paediatric Injection (Kirby - Wanick, UK), Genticin Paediatric Injection (Nicholas, UK), Pangram, Septotal, Sulmycin, U-gencin, Bristagen, Duragentam, Garasol, Gentak, Gentibioptal, Gentocin, Gentogram, Gent-Ophtal, Lugacin, Nichogencin, Ophtagram (Merck, 1989)

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