What did Fleming work on before the discovery of penicillin?
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Replied to: What did Fleming work on before the discovery of penicillin?
He was searching for anti-bacterial agents to prevent septicemia.
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The antiseptics of the time killed the patients' immunological defenses more effectively than they killed bacteria.