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Are streptomycin and tetracycline part of the treatment of e. coli?

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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

See below: Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic given IV or im and used to treat tuberculosis and enterococcus. Tetracycline is a bacteriostatic antibiotic still in common use today to treat many types of infections. E.Coli are bacteria that are a normal part of the bacterial flora of all mammals including man. Shiga toxin producing e. Coli from cattle cause bloody diarrhea and hus.

Answered 6/10/2014

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