title: [The efficacy of ethambutol compared to streptomycin in the initial quadruple phase of short-term regimens].
abstract: In order to test comparatively SM and EMB efficacies within quadruple regimens of short-term chemotherapy, two groups of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at first treatment, sputum positive under microscopic examination, were constituted through randomization. One group (59 cases) was submitted to the standard regimen RHSZ 2/7, and the other (61 cases) to RHZE 2/7. Group structure was homogeneous from the standpoint of case repartition, according to the anatomo-radiological form, therapeutical regimen, and sensitivity to Tb drugs. Both bacteriological and radiological clinical evolutions show, even in the conditions of a short-time interval (2 months), a similar efficacy of SM and EMB within the quadruple regimens in the initially intensive phase of anti-Tb treatment. It is possible that the results may be dependent upon the concomitantly bactericidal action of: rifampicin, hydrazide and pyrazinamide. Therefore, a further testing of the comparative efficacy of the triple regimen RHZ 2/7 with the quadruple RHSZ 2/7 and RHZE 2/7 during a longer follow-up is required.
authors.affiliation: Institutul de pneumoftiziologie, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marica
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitrea
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rohan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anastasatu
mesh_terms: D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004977:Ethambutol; D013307:Streptomycin
vernacular_title: Eficacitatea etambutolului comparativ cu a streptomicinei ĭn faza iniţială cvadruplă a regimurilor de scurtă durată.