Treatment of genito-urinary tuberculosis with streptomycin and synergistic drugs.

The use of newer drugs in the treatment of genito-urinary tuberculosis is usually auxiliary to accepted surgical and medical procedures. The treatment of choice is removal of the tuberculous focus by surgical methods whenever this can be achieved. Risk of tuberculous complications of surgical operation may be greatly reduced by the use of these drugs. There is also a significant place for such treatment when disease is too far advanced to permit surgical removal. Under these conditions, the principal result is one of palliation only in many circumstances. The drugs of choice at this time are a combination of streptomycin and para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) and the treatment is frequently more prolonged than in the case of tuberculosis of other organs.