General description
Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
INN
Streptomycin
Medicine type
Chemical agent
Antibiotic groups
EML status history
First added in 1977
(TRS
615)
for
Tuberculosis
Therapeutic equivalent for
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Antituberculosis medicines
- Parenteral > General injections > IV: 1 g powder for injection (as sulfate) as vial
Indications