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streptomycin
[ strep-tuh-mahy-sin ]
noun
- an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
streptomycin
/ ˌٰɛəʊˈɪɪ /
noun
- an antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus: used in the treatment of tuberculosis and Gram-negative bacterial infections. Formula: C 21 H 39 N 7 O 12
streptomycin
/ ٰĕ′tə-ī′ĭ /
- An aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 21 H 39 O 12 N 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus, given as an intramuscular injection to treat tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of streptomycin1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of streptomycin1
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The researchers exposed E. coli to streptomycin and kasugamycin, two drugs which treat bacterial infections.
Another study tested its ability to stop bacteria in wounds, and some snail mucus performed better than commercial antibiotics, including amoxicillin and streptomycin.
The collection did generate several historically important drugs through the years, including the tuberculosis antibiotic streptomycin and the organ transplant drug sirolimus.
And streptomycin, developed in 1943, stopped TB cold in most patients.
Life-threatening infection led to the removal of a kidney and his treatment with what was then an experimental antibiotic, streptomycin, initially used to treat tuberculosis.
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