Penicillin by Intra-oral Drip

Oral penicillin in the newborn.

This investigation was initiated to determine the optimal dose of oral peniciin required to give a satisfactory peniillin blood level in infants under a month old and to compare the relative efficcy of picillin and sulphathiazole paste in the treatment of minor skin lesions in infants during the neonatal period. The obvious advanta of penillin over other drugs are counterbalanced by the discomf...

A Note on Intra-vitreous Penicillin.

Effect of penicillin G every three weeks on oral microflora by penicillin resistant Viridans Streptococci.

BACKGROUND Benzathine penicillin G every 3 weeks is the standard protocol for secondary prophylaxis for recurrent rheumatic fever. OBJECTIVE Assess the effect of Benzathine penicillin G on Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus oralis in patients with cardiac valvular disease due to rheumatic fever receiving secondary prophylaxis. METHODS Oral streptococci were evaluated before (baseline...

Urinary tract infection and oral penicillin G.

The urinary excretion of three oral preparations of penicillin G was measured in six subjects. After a dose of 500 mg of potassium penicillin G the mean urine level was 597 mug/ml in the first of three two-hour periods, 324 mug/ml in the second, and 40 mug/ml between the fourth and sixth hours. Of the dose, 13.4% was excreted in the urine in 24 hours. Differences among the three preparations we...

The place of oral penicillin in paediatrics.

In the treatment of sick children the disadvantages of a drug which can be administered only by injection are serious. This applies particularly to wasted infants in the throes of a severe infection. Here the minimum of handling is almost as important as the drug. In February, 1947, it was decided to start an investigation at the Children's Hospital, Birningham, to determine the reliability of ...