Comparison of piperacillin and penicillin in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea.

Comparative efficacy of piperacillin and penicillin G in treatment of gonococcal urethritis.

The comparative efficacy of 2 g of piperacillin and 4.8 X 10(6) U of penicillin G in the treatment of uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis was assessed in a randomized prospective study. Sixty-five evaluable patients received piperacillin, and 55 received penicillin G. All patients received either therapy were cured of gonorrhea. We conclude that piperacillin is as efficacious as aqueous procain...

Comparison of penicillin, tetracycline, and doxycycline in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhoea in men.

Comparison of spectinomycin hydrochloride and aqueous procaine penicillin G in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea.

Men and women with uncomplicated gonorrhea were randomly assigned to receive aqueous procaine penicillin G (2,400,000 U for men; 2,400,000 U daily for 2 days for women) or spectinomycin hydrochloride (2.0 g for men; 4.0 g for women). Among men who returned for post-treatment evaluation within 10 days, treatment failures were noted among 16 (20.3%) of 79 men who received penicillin and 8 (9.5%) ...

Treatment of gonorrhea: comparison of cefotaxime and penicillin.

Ninety-seven patients with 118 sites infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae were treated with a single dose of either procaine penicillin G (4.8 x 10(6) U) or cefotoxime (1.0 g) intramuscularly. Only the penicillin group took 1 g of probenecid orally. The numbers of infected sites in each treatment group were as follows: penicillin-urethra, 37; rectum, 9; cervix, 8; and pharynx, 4; cefotaxime-uret...

Comparative study of ceftriaxone and aqueous procaine penicillin G in the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea in women.

Uncomplicated gonorrhea of 122 mucosal sites in 51 women was successfully treated with either a single intramuscular dose of 250 mg of ceftriaxone (23 patients) or two intramuscular doses of 4.8 X 10(6) U of aqueous procaine penicillin G (28 patients). Women treated with ceftriaxone had 22 cervical, 12 urethral, 10 anal canal, and 5 pharyngeal infections. All 122 pretreatment isolates were inhi...