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Tzintzun. Revista de estudios históricos
On-line version ISSN 2007-963XPrint version ISSN 1870-719X
Abstract
AGUILAR AGUILAR, Rosenda. The appearance of penicillin in Mexico. Tzintzun. Rev. estud. históricos [online]. 2015, n.62, pp.242-270. ISSN 2007-963X.
The discovery of the therapeutic properties of penicillin, combined with its industrial production in the USA, raised a strong interest in many countries to succeed in the acquisition of this novel antimicrobial which showed exceptional results in its clinical use. In Mexico, its introduction played a role in the profound epidemiological transition from 1940 to 1960, which in the present paper is analyzed from the point of view of two periods: that of the pre-penicillin and that of the post-penicillin one.
Keywords : penicillin; socio-demographic indicators; bacterial infection; mortality; antibiotic.