Pharyngeal infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
During 1978, 156 patients were treated for pharyngeal infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 115 (74%) returned for a posttreatment culture. Aqueous procaine penicillin G (4.8 X 10(6) units) given im with (19 patients) or without (64 patients) orally administered ampicillin for four days was successful therapy in 86% of instances. All seven patients who received tetracycline hydrochloride orally for five days had negative posttreatment cultures, as did nine of 12 patients who received 2.0 g (four patients) or 4.0 g (eight patients) of spectinomycin hydrochloride, im. Concurrent anogenital infection with N. gonorrhoeae was documented for about 60% of the patients, and, with one exception, was eradicated by these treatment schedules.
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D000198:Spectinomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000667:Ampicillin; D000198:Spectinomycin; D013752:Tetracycline; D010400:Penicillin G