Effect of Streptomycin and Other Antibiotic Substances upon Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Related Organisms.,

Abstract

SummaryMycobacterium tuberculosis is subject to the bacteriostatic action of a variety of antibiotic substances. There is considerable variation in this respect, both in the sensitivity of the same organism to different substances and of different species or even strains of the same species of Mycobacterium to the same substance. Streptomycin is also highly effective against various related organisms, namely, Erysipdothrix and actinomy-cetes, comprising both saprophytic and parasitic strains, with considerable variation among different species.