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 ...

Because of fever, treatment with 40,000,000 units of penicillin G and 1 gm. of streptomycin parenterally per day was started on February 16. Coma and Cheyne–Stokes respiration appeared the next day.

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

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; ...

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

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 ...