STREPTOMYCIN, an antibiotic agent obtained from certain strains of Actinomyces griseus, was first described by Schatz, Bugie and Waksman 1 in 1944. Immediate interest was attracted to this agent ...

Penicillin discovered. Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish researcher, is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928. ... such as streptomycin, aminoglycosides, ...

Streptomycin, of course, was the great success story of the Waksman screening protocols. There would be other antibiotics found, most notably neomycin, isolated by Hubert Lechevalier, which is still ...

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

T he mass manufacture of penicillin during World War II stimulated urgent interest in other medicinally important soil microorganisms. Selman Waksman, chair of microbiology at the New Jersey ...

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 ...