Recent news on Streptomycin

Human catastrophe  -  25 May 2007
World MagazinePhysicians have known about TB's propensity to drug resistance since the first successful TB drug, streptomycin, was administered in 1947 by England's

Claw blimey...  -  May 15, 2007
NW Evening Mail,It was originally used for the manufacture of Streptomycin, but later became involved in the production of Griseofulvin and Vitamin B12.

John K. Lattimer, acclaimed urologist, dies at 92  -  May 12, 2007
International Herald Tribune,...home in Englewood, helped establish the subspecialty of pediatric urology and the application of streptomycin in the eradication of renal tuberculosis.

TB is that time bomb  -  May 1, 2007
Mail & Guardian Online,Yet, it was not until the 1950s that the antibiotic streptomycin was shown to be capable of killing the TB bacillus. But problems emerged in the shape of

New Report Studies the Advances that Have Open Up New Avenues in ...  -  May 23, 2007
Business Wire (press release),In the Beginning There Was Streptomycin (Julian Davies). 2. The Biochemistry and Genetics of Aminoglycoside Producers (Wolfgang Piepersberg,

State's top historian celebrates New Jersey's claims to fame, both ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
New Jersey Jewish News,It has been the setting for the invention of all kinds of things – like Teflon, the submarine, the drive-in cinema, Streptomycin, and bar codes,

Woman Sues Hospital, Doctor for Wrong Drug  -  May 22, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...any definitive features of active pulmonary tuberculosis. The doctor says the woman was suffering from severe toxicity occasioned by use of Streptomycin.

Woman sues hospital, doctor for wrong drug  -  May 22, 2007
Standard,The doctor says the woman was suffering from severe toxicity occasioned by use of Streptomycin. Meanwhile, the High Court has temporarily stopped a plan to

Continuing Medical Education XVII  -  May 22, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),Amino glycosides: Examples include streptomycin, kanamicin, gentamicin and neomycin. ¦ Macrolides: Examples include erythromycin, clarithromycin and rox

John Kingsley Lattimer, 93, famous urologist  -  May 11, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,Among his many accomplishments was the establishment of the subspecialty of pediatric urology and the application of streptomycin in the eradication of

ANTI-BIOTICS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE  -  May 11, 2007
British Satellite News,...the Aureomycin which are variants of tetracycline and then Tetracyline itself, streptomycin used in the treatment of tuberculosis, and by the early

Organic ‘Earth Friendly' is misperception in agriculture  -  Apr 26, 2007
Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide,...substances are allowed for use in organic crop production, including isopropanol, chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, boric acid, sulfur, and streptomycin.

Drug-resistant TB catastrophe in waiting  -  Apr 24, 2007
Hindu,However, it wasn't until the 1950s that the antibiotic streptomycin was shown to be capable of killing the TB bacillus. But problems emerged in the shape of

Organic farming is a fraud  -  Apr 25, 2007
Truth about Trade & Technology,...substances are allowed for use in organic crop production, including isopropanol, chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, boric acid, sulfur and streptomycin.

License to sign  -  Apr 4, 2007
Duke Chronicle,The first effective therapy for TB, streptomycin, was developed in 1944. Today, TB is a preventable and curable disease, and yet the World Health

Organic farming is a fraud  -  Apr 21, 2007
In-Forum (subscription),...substances are allowed for use in organic crop production, including isopropanol, chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, boric acid, sulfur and streptomycin.

Jamaal Anderson knows every day is Father's Day  -  Apr 10, 2007
ESPNGlenn Anderson was a perfectly healthy 6-year-old when he contracted pneumonia and was given the experimental drug streptomycin. Doctors warned his father,

Increasing Resistance to Quinolones and Expanded-Spectrum ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
DG NewsThere was a significant increasing trend in resistance to streptomycin (82% vs 92%) and gentamicin (21% vs 27%), and large significant increases in

Germs and the City  -  Apr 15, 2007
City Journal,The paramount objective with tuberculosis, for instance, was to wipe out the tubercle bacillus so thoroughly that nobody would need streptomycin any more,

Study: Drug-resistant plague may signal health threat  -  Mar 30, 2007
CIDRAP,IP275 exhibited high-level resistance to at least eight drugs used for treating plague, including streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol,

A Determined Public Can Prompt Drug Reforms  -  Feb 16, 2007
Signal,On occasion, he'd resort to penicillin or streptomycin or - in extremis - aureomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic of great efficacy at the time.

'Superbugs' winning battle Hardy bacteria are resisting ...  -  Feb 19, 2007
Winnipeg Free Press,...of superbugs and how they are able to resist up to five classes of different antibiotics -- including penicillin, streptomycin and erythromycin.

Tuberculosis is no more a disease only for the poor  -  Feb 13, 2007
The Brunei Times,...with the disease usually are given a combination of three to four drugs like isoniazid (INH), rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide or streptomycin.

Spinal Epidural Abscess  -  Feb 7, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Doxycycline plus streptomycin versus ciprofloxacin plus rifampicin in spinal brucellosis. BMC Infect Dis 2006;6:72-81. [CrossRef][Medline]

More cold could be on the way  -  Jan 27, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,If you have had problems with fireblight on pears, pyracantha, loquat or cotoneaster, now is the time to spray with streptomycin for control.

Moon Blindness  -  Feb 2, 2007
TheHorse.com,..."Most antibiotics work pretty well for lepto, including penicillin and streptomycin, but there's no guarantee of success unless you get enough of it into

Moving with the times  -  Jan 9, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Then a combination of streptomycin and immunisation almost got rid of the disease. My New Zealand boss was reduced to treating a handful of mostly

Pet Hamsters Can Give You Salmonella  -  Jan 4, 2007
Medical News Today,All the strains cultured from human, animal and container samples were found to be resistant to a range of antibiotics such as tetracycline, streptomycin,

Hamster Are Cute, Cuddly, and Potentially Pathogenic  -  Jan 3, 2007
MedPage Today,Worryingly, all the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, and tetracycline, Dr. Swanson and colleagues found.

Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Human, rodent, and environmental isolates were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, and tetracycline.

Drug resistance major hurdle in treating TB  -  Dec 24, 2006
Times of India,In case of normal TB, four drugs are advised Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol and Streptomycin. "To treat MDR tuberculosis, two to three more drugs are

NOW AND AGAIN  -  Dec 7, 2006
The Statesman,Streptomycin. Plasticine. Yes, the words did sound similar. No wonder the shopkeeper, with his very limited knowledge, was confused about the identity of

New Brunswick Scientific Co-Founder David Freedman to Retire  -  Dec 13, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release),New Brunswick Scientific introduced the biological shaker more than half a century ago to aid in the development of the antibiotic streptomycin.

Bug-killing drug is priority  -  Dec 3, 2006
Indianapolis Star,For years, such tried-and-true antibiotics as penicillin, streptomycin and tetracycline were able to help doctors fight off the diseases.

Drug resistance major hurdle in treating TB  -  Dec 24, 2006
Times of India,In case of normal TB, four drugs are advised Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol and Streptomycin. "To treat MDR tuberculosis, two to three more drugs are

Ear drops: Are they safe  -  Dec 5, 2006
Newindpress (subscription),Gentamycin and streptomycin are toxic to the vestibular (balance) part of the inner ear. Neomycin is very toxic to the hearing part of the inner ear.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis  -  Dec 7, 2006
News Today Online,The commonest are: Isoniazid, Rifampin, Streptomycin, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol, and Capreomycin. These medications have potential side effects that can be

Natural Selection for Everyone  -  Dec 7, 2006
American Scientist...a patient with tuberculosis whether he is a creationist—saying that his answer will determine whether the treatment will be streptomycin (effective only

Sky Hiatt: Natural Born Killers  -  Dec 8, 2006
Infoshop NewsThis is a world in which streptomycin has become a nutrient to the bacteria we are at war with. The solution to our health crisis will not be discovered

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