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Streptomycin (injection)
Essential medicine status
Section:
6. Anti-infective medicines 6.2. Antibacterials 6.2.5. Antituberculosis medicines
ATC codes: J01GA01
EMLc
Indication
Multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis ICD11 code: ML32.00
INN
Streptomycin
Medicine type
Gas
Antibiotic groups
WATCH
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > IV: 1 g powder for injection (as sulfate) as vial (EMLc)
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2009 (TRS 958)
Changed in 2013 (TRS 985)
Changed in 2017 (TRS 1006)
Changed in 2025 (TRS 1064)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Streptomycin (injection)
DrugBank
Streptomycin
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
The Expert Committee recommended the transfer of listings for medicines for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis from the complementary to the core list of the EML and EMLc.