AUREOMYCIN (1949)

Editorial1 July 1949AUREOMYCINP. W. C.P. W. C.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-1-163 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOf the new antibiotics isolated in the attempts to supplement the deficiencies of penicillin and streptomycin, aureomycin at present seems to be the most promising. This substance was first obtained by Duggar and his associates in the Lederle Laboratories from cultures of Streptomyces aureofaciens. Extensive laboratory studies as well as some preliminary clinical trials of the drug were reported before the Section on Biology of the New York Academy of Sciences, July 21, 1948.1Aureomycin forms a hydrochloride salt which is stable in dry form and relatively so in simple aqueous solutions which are acid and quite irritating on parenteral...1 DUGGAR BM: Aureomycin—a new antibiotic, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 175-342. Google Scholar2 BRYER MS: Aureomycin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxviii, 117-119. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 PRICE CW: Bacteriological studies of aureomycin, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 211-217. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 LITTLE PA: Use of aureomycin on some experimental infections in animals, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 246-253. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 SPINK WW: Aureomycin therapy in human brucellosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxviii, 1145-1148. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 WOODWARD TE: Aureomycin in the treatment of tularemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1949, cxxxix, 830-832. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 FINLAND M: Aureomycin, a new antibiotic, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxviii, 946-949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 COLLINS HS: Aureomycin—A new antibiotic: evaluation of its effects in typhoid fever, severe Salmonella infections, and in a case of colon bacillus bacteremia, Ann. Int. Med., 1948, xxix, 1077-1092. Google Scholar9 BRYER MS: The treatment of acute brucellosis with aureomycin, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1949, lxxxiv, 444-460. Google Scholar10 WONGCOX SCHR: Action of aureomycin against experimental rickettsial and viral infections, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 290-305. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 ANIGSTEIN L: Aureomycin. A new antibiotic with antirickettsial properties: Its effect on experimental spotted fever and epidemic typhus, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 306-317. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 LENNETTE EH: Treatment of Q fever in man with aureomycin, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 331-342. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 ROSS S: Aureomycin therapy of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxviii, 1213-1216. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 SCHOENBACH EB: Aureomycin therapy of typhus, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1949, cxxxix, 450-452. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 WRIGHT LT: Aureomycin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxviii, 408-412. IBID: The treatment of lymphogranuloma venereum and granuloma inguinale in humans with aureomycin, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 318-330. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16 BRALEYSANDERS AEM: Aureomycin in ocular infections, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 1948, li, 280-289. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17 SCHOENBACHBRYER EBMS: Treatment of atypical pneumonia with aureomycin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1949, cxxxix, 275-280. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 FINLAND M: Aureomycin in the treatment of primary atypical pneumonia, New England Jr. Med., 1949, ccxl, 241-246. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19 MEIKLEJOHN G: Aureomycin in primary atypical pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1949, cxl, 391-396. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20 MCVAY LV: A preliminary report of the successful treatment of amebiasis with aureomycin, Science, 1949, cix, 590-591. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1949Volume 31, Issue 1Page: 163-168KeywordsAntibioticsClinical trial reportingDrugsPenicillinSaltsStreptomycin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...