Streptoduocin Explained

Streptoduocin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic.

It is a mixture of streptomycin and dihydrostreptomycin.^[1]

Further reading

• Curry FJ, Schless JM, Storey PB, Wier JA . Ototoxicity from intermittent streptoduocin therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis; a study of one hundred five patients treated eight to ten months . Diseases of the Chest . 30 . 6 . 628–632 . December 1956 . 13375456 . 10.1378/chest.30.6.628 .
• Heyworth F, Helm WH . A comparison of the toxic and allergic reactions occurring with streptomycin and streptoduocin in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis . Postgraduate Medical Journal . 36 . 418 . 516–518 . August 1960 . 14401661 . 2481660 . 10.1136/pgmj.36.418.516 .
• Shubin H, Heiken CA, Glaskin A, Pennes E, Chakravarty S, Rutberg F . A study of the neurotoxicity of streptoduocin on tuberculous patients . Diseases of the Chest . 28 . 4 . 447–450 . October 1955 . 13261867 . 10.1378/chest.28.4.447 .
• Francis RS, Gupta SK . The use of corticotrophin in rapid desensitization to PAS . Tubercle . 39 . 4 . 236–239 . August 1958 . 13581197 . 10.1016/S0041-3879(58)80074-4 .
• Shubin H . The preference for streptoduocin in the treatment of tuberculosis of the aging . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society . 4 . 1 . 65–69 . January 1956 . 13286067 . 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1956.tb01147.x . 20044460 .

Notes and References

1. Shubin H, Heiken CA, Glaskin A, Pennes E, Chakravarty S, Rutberg F . A study of the neurotoxicity of streptoduocin on tuberculous patients . Diseases of the Chest . 28 . 4 . 447–450 . October 1955 . 13261867 . 10.1378/chest.28.4.447 .