Dihydrostreptomycin in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- 14 July 1949
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 241 (2), 52-57
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194907142410203
Abstract
SINCE September 1946 the United States Veterans Administration Hospital, Rutland Heights, Massachusetts, a 600-bed hospital for the treatment of veterans with tuberculosis, has been engaged in the study of streptomycin and its effect in controlling various forms of the disease. It is not within the province of this paper to discuss the results of these studies, which have been presented in previous reports.1 2 3 4 5 6 In most cases streptomycin has not been considered to be definitive therapy, but rather a very helpful adjunct to other well established methods of treatment, such as bed rest and the various forms of collapse therapy, in . . .Keywords
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