The evaluation of oxytetracycline in the treatment of gonorrhea in the prenatal patient A preliminary report

A survey of problems in the antibiotic treatment of gonorrhoea. With special reference to South-East Asia.

“…More recently cure rates of 90-98-4 per cent. have been reported with one injection plus 1 g. orally at a single session Lentz, 1963, 1965;Prince, Randall, Lentz, and Shapiro, 1964), or with injection plus multiple oral doses (Berry, 1967) Other preparations are being tried in this way Has been little used for gonorrhoea 95 per cent. cure rate reported with single injections of chloromycetin succinate ( Table V) Single injections of 1 g. inadequate (Piguet, 1961), but excellent results with 1 g. given daily for 2-3 days (Piguet, 1961(Piguet, , 1962Ziprkowski and others, 1961;Wilkinson and others, 1967 Cure rates above 95 per cent.…”

Unsuspected gonococcal infection in female patients.

“…Eriksson and Wanger (1975), Waters and Roulston (1969), and Pariser and Marino (1970) reported asymptomatic gonococcal infection in 35 3%, 8712%, and 90% of patients respectively. Generally, higher rates of infection have been reported from North American clinics (Charles et al, 1970;Prince et al, 1964;Waters and Roulston, 1969) than in Britain (Thin and Michael, 1970;Silverstone et al, 1974).…”