The ‘Black Angels’ cared for tuberculosis patients when no one else would
In the early 20th century, these Black nurses came to New York City from the Jim Crow South to join the fight against the ...
Houston Chronicle18d
As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
There is no evidence to support these beliefs. Streptomycin was the first antibiotic treatment to become available for TB, in the 1940s. However, the microorganism quickly became drug resistant. A ...
The New England Journal of Medicine1mon
Streptomycin for Urinary-Tract Infections
that antibiotic has only limited uses in this field. On the other hand, streptomycin should prove more useful in the therapy ...
The Scientist1y
The Discovery of Streptomycin
Seen here in Waksman's notes are his April 1943 experiments with nutrient formulas for growing streptomycin-producing cultures. By fall 1943, Waksman had his lab group concentrating on the ...