Intravenous Streptomycin: A Useful Route of Administration

Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that is indicated for the treatment of tuberculous and nontuberculous infections. Intramuscular injection is the recommended route of administration. There are few reports on intravenous administration of streptomycin. We describe the use of intravenous s...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1994-12, Vol.19 (6), p.1150-1151
Main Authors: Morris, Joseph T., Cooper, Ronald H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Aminoglycosides
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotics
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Bacteremia - microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy
Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus faecalis - drug effects
Enterococcus faecalis - isolation & purification
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Infusions, Intravenous
Intramuscular injections
Intravenous injections
Male
Medical sciences
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Routes of administration
Streptomycin - administration & dosage
Streptomycin - therapeutic use
Tuberculosis
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Summary:Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that is indicated for the treatment of tuberculous and nontuberculous infections. Intramuscular injection is the recommended route of administration. There are few reports on intravenous administration of streptomycin. We describe the use of intravenous streptomycin to treat endocarditis due to a strain of Enterococcus faecalis with high-level resistance to gentamicin. Physicians should consider the intravenous route as an alternate method of administering streptomycin.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/clinids/19.6.1150