Assertion: streptomycin | /r/HasProperty | interchangeable
Facets:
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: with ethambutol
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Can be as effective as ethambutol when used in the initial phase of antituberculosis treatment and was previously included in recommendations for this treatment phase, but M. tuberculosis resistant to streptomycin has been reported with increasing frequency worldwide and the drug has become less useful.100 ATS, CDC, and IDSA state that streptomycin is no longer considered interchangeable with ethambutol unless the strain is known to be susceptible to streptomycin or the patient is from a population in which streptomycin resistance is unlikely.100