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aminoglycosides
- In aminoglycoside
antibiotics
- In antibiotic: The first antibiotics
- In antimicrobial agent
auditory toxicity impact
- In human ear: Disturbances of the vestibular system
- In ear disease: Ototoxic drugs
discovery by Waksman
- In Selman Abraham Waksman
use of actinomycete
- In actinomycete
uses in medicine
- In history of medicine: Antituberculous drugs

treatment of

plague
- In plague: Nature of the disease
tuberculosis
- In tuberculosis: Tuberculosis through history
- In respiratory disease: Tuberculosis
tularemia
- In tularemia

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Deleted Web site: "Notebooks Shed Light on an Antibioticýs Contested Discovery," New York Times, June 12, 2012, by Peter Pringle.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 01, 2013
	Added new Web site: Drugs.com - Streptomycin.	Deepti Mahajan	Jan 21, 2009
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 16, 2004
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 10, 2000
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 11, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998