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The antibiotic used for curing tuberculosis is:

Options

  1. APenicillin
  2. BStreptomycin
  3. CTetracycline
  4. DChloromycetin

Correct answer

B. Streptomycin

Step-by-step solution

Streptomycin is the most effective antibacterial agent known for Tuberculosis. In vitro it has a marked bacteriostatic action on the tubercle bacillus and in vivo it tends to exert a deterrent effect on the disease in both animals and man.

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