Word: fortuitum
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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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...
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