Most patients had previously been treated with penicillin or one of the sulfonamides and had failed to make a satisfactory clinical response. In most cases streptomycin was administered ...

such as streptomycin, aminoglycosides, tetracycline and the like. Penicillin clearly led the way in that development. It is interesting that using penicillin for the treatment of infections like ...

This was significant since penicillin had no effect on gram-negative bacteria. Even more exciting to the researchers was that streptomycin exhibited activity in vitro activity against Mycobacterium ...

The mass manufacture of penicillin during World War II stimulated urgent interest ... Seen here in Waksman's notes are his April 1943 experiments with nutrient formulas for growing ...

In penicillin-sensitive alpha and non-hemolytic streptococcal endocarditis (penicillin MIC0.1 mcg/mL), streptomycin may be used for 2-week treatment concomitantly with penicillin. The streptomycin ...

1943: A biochemistry grad student discovers streptomycin, a synthetic antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Sole credit for the discovery initially went to Selman ...

Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of a mold with antibacterial properties was only the first serendipitous event on the long road to penicillin as a life-saving drug. Hannah is an Assistant Editor at ...

London CNN — A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction later this month. The ...