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(Chest. 1959;36:49-51.)
© 1959 American College of Chest Physicians

Some Thoughts on Results Following Intermittent Streptomycin in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

ALEX SALIBA M.D., F.C.C.P.1; IRVING KASS M.D.2; WILLIAM F. RUSSELL JR. M.D.2; SIDNEY H. DRESSLER M.D., F.C.C.P.2; and GARDNER MIDDLEBROOK M.D.2

1 The National Jewish Hospital at Denver, and University of Colorado School of Medicine., Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky.
2 The National Jewish Hospital at Denver, and University of Colorado School of Medicine.

1. A review of National Jewish Hospital cases is presented, showing an incidence of drug resistance of over 63 per cent in those cases admitted, whose initial treatment elsewhere had included intermittent streptomycin.

2. The importance of initial "adequate" therapy is emphasized. It is our opinion that intermittent streptomycin should not be included in any initial treatment regimen.






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