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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1950 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
- ISSN
- 0096-6916
- DOI
- 10.1001/archpedi.1950.04040021069025
- Publisher site
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Abstract
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This monograph comes from the Clinique Infantile Universitaire (Hospital Jenner), Berne, Switzerland. The author reports on 35 cases of tuberculosis in infants and children treated with streptomycin alone or with streptomycin and paraaminosalicylic acid ("aminacyl"). The patients are divided into groups according to the type of tuberculosis present. Before giving his own cases in detail, the author reviews the literature on other similar patients treated with streptomycin. In this way one arrives with him, through the experiences cited, at a considered opinion of the optimum dosage and of the best methods of administration. In the 12 patients with tuberculous meningitis, no difference in response was noted between those receiving streptomycin alone and those receiving it in association with a sulfonamide drug or paraaminosalicylic acid. All showed pronounced and prolonged amelioration of symptoms but a final fatal outcome, except in 1 child. In this patient there was complete recovery; however, tubercle
Journal
A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association
Published: Dec 1, 1950