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From Cook County Hospital, Dr. Daniel S. Kushner reported that a related germ, Mycobacterium fortuitum, can cause a disease like tuberculosis in mice. It is resistant to streptomycin and PAS (para-aminosalicylic acid) but it can be killed by isoniazid and also by the antibiotic tetracycline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: TB's New Brother | 6/4/1956 | See Source »

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