title: Antibiotics in the treatment of chronic staphylococcal osteomyelitis.
abstract: Fourteen patients with chronic osteomyelitis were treated with oral penicillin, oxacillin, or cloxacillin at a dose of 5 gm/day, plus 0.5 gm of probenecid (Benemid) three or four times per day. Treatment was continued for 2 1/2 to six months. In ten patients, evidence of osteomyelitis disappeared and there has been no recurrence during follow-up periods varying from six months to 2 1/2 years. Significant hepatotoxicity was encountered in two patients; one similar patient, not in this series but receiving a similar regimen of antibiotic, developed leukipenia. Thus, patients with chronic osteomyelitis appear to benefit from such a therapeutic program, but they must be monitored closely for hepatic or hematologic toxicity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003023:Cloxacillin / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010068:Oxacillin / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D003023:Cloxacillin; D010068:Oxacillin