Streptomycin Dermatitis in Nurses

Abstract

Eighteen cases of dermatitis in nurses handling streptomycin are reported, the incidence being approximately 1 case per 4,000 injections. No cases occurred in two wards where gloves and a mask were invariably worn while injections were given. Six nurses were successfully desensitized, with a relapse in one case and partial relapse in another. One nurse was also desensitized against procaine. © 1958, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.