title: [Use of tablet forms of monomycin in children with acute dysentery].
abstract: The clinical picture of acute dysentery caused mainly by Shigella sonnei was studied in 160 children: 50 children were treated with monomycin tablets and for the treatment of 110 children monomycin in the form of amorphous powder in bottles was used. The treatment was carried out in accordance with the official instructions. Coincidence of the recovery time in the both groups was registered. When the patients were treated with monomycin tablets, 5 and 15-34 per cent of the antibiotic a daily dose was excreted with the urine and excrements respectively. It was concluded that monomycin in the from of tablets was more convenient in the treatment of children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D015643:Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013607:Tablets
chemical_list: D013607:Tablets; D015643:Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate
vernacular_title: Ispol'zovanie tabletirovannykh form monomitsina pri ostroĭ dizenterii u deteĭ.