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An antibiotic from Pfeifferella whitmori*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. E. Jameson
J. E. Jameson
Affiliation:
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale
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An antibiotic elaborated by Pfeifferella whitmori is described. This principle is active in vitro against the H37RV strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but in several other respects closely resembles penicillin. It has given encouraging results in a small-scale therapeutic trial in experimental guinea-pig diphtheria.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , June 1949 , pp. 142 - 145
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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