Patient with Streptococcus intermedius Brain Abscess Treated with High Dose Penicillin G-Susceptibility of the Isolate to Penicillin G and the Concentration of Penicillin G in Cerebrospinal Fluid

SERUM PENICILLIN LEVEL A FTER INTRAMUSCULA R INJECTION OF 1,200,000 UNITS OF BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G IN CHILDREN WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER

The most accepted method of secondary prophylaxis in rheumatic fever (RF) has been an injection of 1,200,000 units of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) every 4 weeks, but recurrences have been reported in some patients despite such a prophylaxis program. The WHO recommended BPG injections every 3 weeks in high risk patients and situations due to some published data in favor of inadequacy of on...

Interaction among Nystatin and Penicillin G against Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Htibacterial activity ceftizoxime and its comparison with that of chloramphenicol, penicillin G, cephalexin, cefzoline and cephalothin

This study compares the inhibitory effect of ceftizoxime with that of penicillin G, chloramphenicol, cephalothin, cephalexin and cefzoline on Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, pseudomonas ruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcus epidermidis, staphylococcus saprophyticus and Escherichia coli. The in vitro inhibitory effect of ceftizoxime on P. mirabilis, P. Aeruginosa, S.prophytic...

Effect of Anti-Microbial Fiber and its Interaction with Penicillin G on Opportunistic Skin Micro-Flora

Objective The standard of hygiene in daily life and hospitals can be increased by the use of new antimicrobial fibers, which diminish the danger of pathogenic bacteria. In this study, the antimicrobial effect of special fibers on some staphylococcus isolates was investigated. Materials and Methods The antimicrobial effect of special type of fibers produced in Isfahan Poly Acryl Plant on thre...

Prosthetic hip joint infection with a Streptococcus agalactiae isolate not susceptible to penicillin G and ceftriaxone.

Microbiologie médicale et infectiologie, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)-Hôpital Saint-Luc, 1058 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2X 3J4; Département de microbiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7; Médecine interne, CHUM-Hôpital Saint-Luc, 1058 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2X ...