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Word: nystatin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Experts agree that three combinations are justified: 1) streptomycin with other drugs (such as isoniazid) to discourage the appearance of resistant tubercle bacilli; 2) penicillin with streptomycin for inflammation of the heart lining (endocarditis); 3) tetracycline (or related antibiotics) with nystatin, not routinely but in some cases, to guard against secondary infection with the fungus monilia. Granting exceptions such as these, the Archives' editorialists conclude: "It is our firm conviction that the promotion and sale of such combinations should be discouraged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Combination Dangers | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

...areas and reaches the lungs or brain heart or kidneys. There have been cases in which a child's entire body has been covered with itchy inflammation. In treating such cases of moniliasis, still another antibiotic has been found to help undo the harm wrought by other antibiotics-nystatin (Mycostatin), which has come into general use only this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Misuse of Antibiotics | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

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