Cephaloridine in gonorrhoea in females.

Cephaloridine in gonorrhoea in females.

Material and Management Cephaloridine ("Ceporin") was used to treat 255 attacks of uncomplicated gonorrhoea (other than gonococcal proctitis) in 234 women. Of these 234 patients, 182 were born in the United Kingdom, 26 were from Southern Ireland, 26 from the West Indies, and the remaining three from India. 34 per cent. of the patients were aged between 13 and 19 years, 31 per cent. between 20 a...

Cephaloridine treatment of gonorrhoea in the female.

The emergence of strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae relatively resistant to penicillin has created difficulties in the treatment of gonorrhoea (Thayer and Moore, 1964). Progressively larger doses of the drug are required for cure, and if the present trend continues, we may in the near future be faced with strains completely resistant to penicillin. The need to evaluate alternative drugs for treat...

Sectinomycin in the treatment of gonorrhoea in females and males.

126 female patients with proven gonococcal infection were treated with 4 g. spectinomycin bihydrochloride given intramuscularly in a single does. In 120 cases followed up there were four possible treatment failures, giving a cure rate of 97-6 per cent. 99 male patients with acute gonococcal urethritis were treated with a single dose of 2, g. sectinomycin bihydrochloride. Of 88 cases followed up...

Antibiotic quarantine of gonorrhoea. I. Effect in females.

Treatment of trichomoniasis in females with and without gonorrhoea.

46 women with trichomoniasis and gonorrhea were treated with nimorazole (300 mg twice daily for 7 days) and a trichomonal cure rate of 90-2 per cent. was noted. In addition, 53 of 112 patients with trichomoniasis but without gonorrhoea, were treated with metronidazole (200 mg three times a day for 7 days) and 59 with nimorazole (300 mg twice daily for 7 days) in a randomized trial. The cure rat...