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Almanac Four Steps to Prove a Germ Guilty

What are Koch's postulates and what four steps did his tuberculosis demonstration establish?
How deadly was tuberculosis in Europe at the time Koch identified its cause?

Almanac Two Hundred Thirty Generations to a Safer Strain

How effective is the BCG vaccine against pulmonary tuberculosis in adults compared to severe childhood TB?

Almanac Dirt Held a Cure for the White Plague

Why was penicillin ineffective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, leaving tuberculosis largely untreatable into the 1940s?

Almanac The Cure Was Already in the Dirt

How was streptomycin isolated, and why was its effectiveness against tuberculosis so significant?

Almanac The Soil Gave Up Its Weapon

Why was tuberculosis resistant to sulfonamides and penicillin when other bacterial infections responded?