english: He was given the Nobel Prize in 1945 in recognition, and in an interview shortly after, this is what he said: "The thoughtless person playing with penicillin treatment is morally responsible for the death of a man who succumbs to infection with a pencillin-resistant organism."
non_english: Dobio je Nobelovu nagradu 1945. godine kao priznanje i u intervjuu ubrzo nakon toga, ovo je izjavio: „Nepromišljena osoba koja se igra sa penicilinskim lečenjem je moralno odgovorna za smrt čoveka koji podlegne infekciji izazvanoj organizmom otpornim na penicilin.”