PENICILLIN TREATMENT OF SULFONAMIDE RESISTANT GONOCOCCIC INFECTIONS
- 15 April 1944
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 124 (16) , 1124-1125
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1944.02850160030007
Abstract
Several publications,1have already appeared on the subject of penicillin treatment of sulfonamide resistant gonococcic infections. These reports, however, dealt exclusively with infections in the male. The present report deals with the result of penicillin treatment of sulfonamide resistant gonococcic infections in 44 women. All of the women included in this study were hospitalized for the purpose of penicillin treatment in the gynecologic service of Bellevue Hospital. After an initial follow-up of at least five clinical and bacteriologic examinations the patients were discharged with instructions to report at the clinic of the Gonococcus Research Unit, Department of Health, City of New York, for further observation. CLINICAL MATERIAL Forty-two of the 44 cases had failed to respond to at least 2 courses of 20 Gm. of sulfathiazole. The remaining 2 women had exhibited a definite hypersensitivity to sulfonamide and therefore were given penicillin treatment. The presence of gonococcic infection wasThis publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Penicillin Therapy in Sulfonamide-Resistant Gonorrhea in MenAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1943