streptomycin

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Streptomycin has been a staple in treating tuberculosis and other infections since the 1940s, while kasugamycin is less known but crucial in agricultural settings to prevent bacterial diseases in crops.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024

They include Gentamicin and Streptomycin, which Steyger was given for meningitis.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2016

The U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck gave out Streptomycin for free to post-war Japan when it was ravaged by tuberculosis.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2015

Streptomycin, a commonly used antibiotic, was the first cure for tuberculosis and saved many lives from being lost to the lung disease until the bacteria that causes it began to develop resistance.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2014

Streptomycin, cleared up infections, including TB, that had defied even the first wonder drug, penicillin.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2012