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. 1950 Sep;73(3):214–217.

THE USE OF AEROSOL PENICILLIN AND STREPTOMYCIN IN BRONCHOPULMONARY INFECTIONS

Jason E Farber, Joseph Ross
PMCID: PMC1520492  PMID: 15434705

Abstract

Three hundred patients with subacute or chronic non-tuberculous bronchopulmonary disease were given aerosol therapy, chiefly penicillin and more recently penicillin combined with streptomycin. The result showed that the inhalation of these antibiotics is a useful procedure in the treatment of tracheobronchitis, either subacute or protracted, or in association with bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis or pulmonary emphysema. The method of administration is simple.

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