-
Alexander Fleming
-he conducted one of the most important contributions to the field of antibiotics.
-in an experiment he conducted he found that a strain of mold inhibited the growth of bacteria on an agar plate
-this led to the development of the first modern antibiotic,penicillin -
Selman Waksman
-although fleming’s experiment was observed it wasn’t reliable
-further improvements and discoveries were done by Waksman and he began working on potential antibiotic products from bacterial soil
-he discovered new antibiotics such as neomycin through streptomycin which is also the first effective antibiotic against tuberculosis -
Outbreaks
-after penicillin was introduced to European Markets, major outbreaks occurred and this was the first observation of ampicillin resistant strains in humans -
“Last Resort”
-scientists found new class of B-lactam antibiotics, called carbapenemes which were able to knoll bscteruebthat were resistant to other bacteria -
Today
-today instead of the past vs the present, antibiotics have become much more ineffective since in the past
-antibiotics have become resistant for treatment under the bacteria made into it
-new methods have developed to grow bacteria from 50% bacteria than from 1% in the past -