Long term streptomycin toxicity in the treatment of Buruli Ulcer: follow-up of participants in the BURULICO drug trial.

Long term streptomycin toxicity in the treatment of Buruli Ulcer: follow-up of participants in the BURULICO drug trial.

Buruli Ulcer (BU) is a tropical infectious skin disease that is currently treated with 8 weeks of intramuscular streptomycin and oral rifampicin. As prolonged streptomycin administration can cause both oto- and nephrotoxicity, we evaluated its long term toxicity by following-up former BU patients th...

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Main Authors: Sandor Klis, Ymkje Stienstra, Richard O Phillips, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Wilson Tuah, Tjip S van der Werf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3953024?pdf=render

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