STREPTOMYCIN

Editorial1 August 1946STREPTOMYCINW. H. B.W. H. B.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-2-369 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Excerpt"The story of streptomycin is the story of a search for an antibiotic substance capable of exerting a bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect upon gramnegative bacteria, a substance active against these organisms not only in the test tube but also in the animal body, yet not very toxic nor exerting otherwise undesirable effects upon the body, a substance not inactivated by the body fluids and, therefore, offering chemotherapeutic potentialities." Thus runs the opening statement in the review ofStreptomycinby Waksman and Schatz,1who have played such an important rôle in furnishing this new, highly potent antibiotic agent to the medical...1 WAKSMANSCHATZ SAA: A review . . . streptomycin, Jr. Am. Pharmaceut. Assoc., Practical Pharmacy Edition, 1945, vi, 308. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 HERRELLNICHOLS WEDR: The clinical use of streptomycin: a study of forty-five cases, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1945, xx, 449. Google Scholar3 Streptomycin. A review of current experience, Bull. U. S. Army Med. Dept., 1946, v, 531. Google Scholar4 KEEFER CS: Official statement concerning streptomycin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 31. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1946Volume 25, Issue 2Page: 369-373KeywordsAntibioticsBacteriaBody fluidsStreptomycin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...