Except when contraindicated, sulfonamides and less frequently mandelic acid and penicillin were employed in all cases prior to the initiation of streptomycin therapy.

Penicillin: An accidental discovery changed the course of medicine Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 and is now the most widely used antibiotic in the world.

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares.

Streptomycin is excreted more slowly by the kidneys than is penicillin. It appears likely that effective blood levels of streptomycin can be maintained by administering the drug at intervals of ...

But as Sir Alexander long ago predicted, another mold-produced antibiotic—streptomycin (TIME, Jan. 29)—has given promise of succeeding where penicillin fails.

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The custodian of the nation's meager supply of streptomycin was on the hot seat. To Boston's Dr. Chester S. Keefer* it seemed that everyone wanted the powerful new drug—foreign nations; ...

Discover how a moldy cantaloupe helped mass-produce Fleming’s penicillin, revolutionizing modern medicine.

Streptomycin generic is an aminoglycoside indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe infections caused by susceptible strains of mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacteria.

The mass manufacture of penicillin during World War II stimulated urgent interest in other medicinally important soil microorganisms.