PEDIATRICS Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1951, pp. 215-229
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THERAPY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

ROBERT H. HIGH M.D.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia.

Streptomycin, or dihydrostreptomycin, along with other agents, such as promizole® or PAS, is of value in the treatment of serious forms of tuberculosis in infants and children. Progressive pulmonary tuberculosis and miliary tuberculosis seem to respond most satisfactorily. Tuberculous meningitis has a serious prognosis but some patients apparently have this infection arrested.

The use of streptomycin for patients with forms of tuberculosis which have a good prognosis without treatment is not recommended. The potential toxicity of the drug and the possible emergence of streptomycin-resistant tubercle bacilli are the major reasons for this recommendation.

Submitted on June 15, 1950


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