Dihydrostreptomycin in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis with particular reference to its toxicity as compared with that of streptomycin.

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 . . .