title: Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in gonorrhoea. A comparison with privampicillin combined with probenecid.
abstract: 419 patients with uncomplicated gonorrhoea were treated with sulphamethoxazole 4 g. combined with trimethoprim 0-8 g. divided into two doses with an 8-hr interval. The failure rate was 1-9 per cent. Parallel with this trial, 319 patients received pivampicillin 1-4 g. combined with probenecid 1 g,; the failure rate was 0-9 per cent. Side-effects were few, four patients in the first group and one in the second group developing a rash. No recurrences were noted in nine patients treated for tonsillar gonorrhoea with the trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole schedule, while two recurrences were found in thirteen patients treated with pivampicillin-probenecid. The frequency of post-gonococcal urethritis was 7-7 per cent. in the pivampicillin-pro-benecid group against 3-4 per cent. in the trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole group, a difference which was not statistically significant.
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000139:chemically induced; D004890:Erythema / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000382:microbiology; D010917:Pivampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011339:Probenecid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D010917:Pivampicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole; D011339:Probenecid