114 BENZATHINE PENICILLIN IN ALVEOLAR LOBAR AND SECMENTAL PNEUMONIA: a controlled clinical trial(*)

Penicillin and Sulphadiazine in Lobar Pneumonia

Organizing Lobar Pneumonia: Report of a Case

Organizing Lobar Pneumonia is a rare form of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia.  Herein, we report a rare case of organizing pneumonia involving lung, mediastinum and esophagus.  A 16-year-old girl was referred to our center with clinical signs and symptoms of dysphagia and weight loss.  The main abnormal radiologic and endoscopic findings were stricture of the lower third of esopha...

Nicolau Syndrome after Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin Injection

A 3-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department with right lower limb pain, edema, and livedoid discoloration that occurred immediately after intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin. The patient was diagnosed with Nicolau syndrome, a rare complication of intramuscular injection presumed to be related to the inadvertent intravascular injection. It was first reported following ...

Intramuscular versus intravenous administration of benzathine penicillin.

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Nicolau Syndrome after Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin Injection

A 3-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department with right lower limb pain, edema, and livedoid discoloration that occurred immediately after intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin. The patient was diagnosed with Nicolau syndrome, a rare complication of intramuscular injection presumed to be related to the inadvertent intravascular injection. It was first reported following ...