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The cephalosporin group of antibiotics

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Antibiotics and Chemotherapy

Part of the book series: Current Status of Modern Therapy ((CSMT,volume 4))

Abstract

The remarkable growth in the development of the cephalosporin group of antibiotics stems from the isolation of cephalosporin C in 19551. The recognition of the active agents, however, preceded this by some years. In 1945, Brotzu, at that time Rector in the Sicilian University of Cagliari, noted that the seawater near a sewage outlet in that town appeared to be self-purifying and proposed that this might be due in part to bacterial antagonism. Brotzu examined the microbial flora of the seawater and isolated a fungus which he concluded to be similar to Cephalosporium acremonium. This fungus appeared to have an inhibitory effect on certain bacteria in vitro and Brotzu used the crude products of its growth with some success for treating typhoid fever and brucellosis. In 1948 he published his findings in a journal that he founded for the purpose since no other learned journal would accept the work2. He also sent a culture of his fungus to Oxford in England.

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