PAM plus probenecid and procaine penicillin plus probenecid in gonorrhoea.

PAM plus probenecid and procaine penicillin plus probenecid in gonorrhoea.

In 1944, when gonorrhoea responded to 100,000 units of crystalline penicillin given in divided doses, Miller, Scott, and Moeller (1944) observed that the gonococcus was cleared from the urethral secretions within 1 to 6 hours. 23 years later, Holmes, Johnson, and Floyd (1967), in the Far East, noted that only one case, a therapeutic failure, out of twenty treated with 2-4 m.u. procaine penicill...

Ampicillin plus probenecid compared with procaine penicillin plus probenecid in the treatment of gonorrhoea.

396 male patients with gonococcal urethritis were treated by one of three treatment schedules. Of 132 patients treated with 2.4 m.u. procaine penicillin plus 2 g. probenecid, 109 were followed. There were three (2.8 per cent) recurrences in the first week and none in the second. Of 132 patients treated with 2 g. ampicillin plus 2 g. probenecid, 112 were followed. There were four (3.6 per cent.)...

Treatment of gonorrhoea with procaine penicillin plus probenecid.

Treatment of gonorrhoea with cotrimoxazole, procaine penicillin alone, and procaine penicillin plus probenecid.

Successful treatment of gonorrhoea with cotri-moxazole* has now been reported by several workers who gave one tablet four times a day for 5 days, observed a failure rate of 38 per cent. of the 86 men followed. They claimed that in 45 per cent. of the failures a carrier state resulted which was detected by routine examination of Gram-stained smears in all cases after treatment; cultures were not...

Treatment of gonorrhoea with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole and probenecid plus procaine penicillin in Rwanda.