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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI101944

SENSITIVITY OF THE TUBERCLE BACILLUS TO STREPTOMYCIN BEFORE AND DURING SPECIFIC THERAPY

Joseph F. Sadusk Jr., William E. Swift Jr., Eleanora Falco, and John Vadney

Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

Laurel Heights Sanatorium, Shelton, Conn.

1

Presented in part at a symposium on streptomycin therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis before the Yale Medical Society, New Haven, May 14, 1947; and at the Eastern Sectional Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, New York City, December 12, 1947.

2

This study was aided by a grant from the Fluid Research Fund of the Yale University School of Medicine.

3

This study is part of the Streptomycin-Tuberculosis Research Project of the American Trudeau Society, Medical Section, National Tuberculosis Association. The drug was generously donated to the Society by the following: Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Co., Merck & Co., Inc., Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., E. R. Squibb & Sons, and the Upjohn Co. Collateral clinical observations were made at the Laurel Heights Sanatorium by Dr. Kirby S. Howlett, Jr., and Dr. John B. O'Connor to whom the authors are indebted for generous advice and assistance with the reported study.

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Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

Laurel Heights Sanatorium, Shelton, Conn.

1

Presented in part at a symposium on streptomycin therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis before the Yale Medical Society, New Haven, May 14, 1947; and at the Eastern Sectional Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, New York City, December 12, 1947.

2

This study was aided by a grant from the Fluid Research Fund of the Yale University School of Medicine.

3

This study is part of the Streptomycin-Tuberculosis Research Project of the American Trudeau Society, Medical Section, National Tuberculosis Association. The drug was generously donated to the Society by the following: Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Co., Merck & Co., Inc., Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., E. R. Squibb & Sons, and the Upjohn Co. Collateral clinical observations were made at the Laurel Heights Sanatorium by Dr. Kirby S. Howlett, Jr., and Dr. John B. O'Connor to whom the authors are indebted for generous advice and assistance with the reported study.

Find articles by Swift, W. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

Laurel Heights Sanatorium, Shelton, Conn.

1

Presented in part at a symposium on streptomycin therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis before the Yale Medical Society, New Haven, May 14, 1947; and at the Eastern Sectional Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, New York City, December 12, 1947.

2

This study was aided by a grant from the Fluid Research Fund of the Yale University School of Medicine.

3

This study is part of the Streptomycin-Tuberculosis Research Project of the American Trudeau Society, Medical Section, National Tuberculosis Association. The drug was generously donated to the Society by the following: Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Co., Merck & Co., Inc., Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., E. R. Squibb & Sons, and the Upjohn Co. Collateral clinical observations were made at the Laurel Heights Sanatorium by Dr. Kirby S. Howlett, Jr., and Dr. John B. O'Connor to whom the authors are indebted for generous advice and assistance with the reported study.

Find articles by Falco, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

Laurel Heights Sanatorium, Shelton, Conn.

1

Presented in part at a symposium on streptomycin therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis before the Yale Medical Society, New Haven, May 14, 1947; and at the Eastern Sectional Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, New York City, December 12, 1947.

2

This study was aided by a grant from the Fluid Research Fund of the Yale University School of Medicine.

3

This study is part of the Streptomycin-Tuberculosis Research Project of the American Trudeau Society, Medical Section, National Tuberculosis Association. The drug was generously donated to the Society by the following: Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Co., Merck & Co., Inc., Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., E. R. Squibb & Sons, and the Upjohn Co. Collateral clinical observations were made at the Laurel Heights Sanatorium by Dr. Kirby S. Howlett, Jr., and Dr. John B. O'Connor to whom the authors are indebted for generous advice and assistance with the reported study.

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Published March 1, 1948 - More info

Published in Volume 27, Issue 2 on March 1, 1948
J Clin Invest. 1948;27(2):278–282. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101944.
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