Thanks to the new drugs, deaths from meningitis, pneumonia, and scarlet fever declined dramatically. Hospital infections that had formerly meant a death sentence were cleared up in a few days.
कारण तोवर असाध्य समजल्या जाणाऱ्‍या जिवाणूंच्या, फंगसच्या किंवा इतर जंतूंच्या संसर्गावर आता प्रभावीरित्या उपचार करणे शक्य झाले.