<P> In 1944 Albert Schatz , Elizabeth Bugie , and Selman Waksman isolated streptomycin produced by a bacterial strain Streptomyces griseus . Streptomycin was the first effective antibiotic against M. tuberculosis . This discovery is generally considered the beginning of the modern era of tuberculosis , although the true revolution began some years later , in 1952 , with the development of isoniazid , the first oral mycobactericidal drug . The advent of rifampin in the 1970s hastened recovery times , and significantly reduced the number of tuberculosis cases until the 1980s . </P>
<P> In 1944 Albert Schatz , Elizabeth Bugie , and Selman Waksman isolated streptomycin produced by a bacterial strain Streptomyces griseus . Streptomycin was the first effective antibiotic against M. tuberculosis . This discovery is generally considered the beginning of the modern era of tuberculosis , although the true revolution began some years later , in 1952 , with the development of isoniazid , the first oral mycobactericidal drug . The advent of rifampin in the 1970s hastened recovery times , and significantly reduced the number of tuberculosis cases until the 1980s . </P>
when was the first cure for tuberculosis found
when was the first cure for tuberculosis found
In 1944
In 1944