title: A pilot study of parenteral lincomycin therapy in soft tissue infections.
abstract: From our study it is clear that lincomycin, given 300 mg intra muscularly daily in a single dose, is effective in a wide range of soft tissue infections especially those involving the head and neck region. An overall success rate of 88.8 per cent was observed in the 150 patients selected for the study. It is significant that in none of the subjects was any untoward reaction observed or reported. Hitherto all the previous systematic surveys on lincomycin appear to have been carried out on bone infections where, undoubtedly, lincomycin is highly effective. This pilot study furnishes an encouraging report on the successful treatment of soft tissue infections with parenteral lincomycin.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of ENT, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Greval
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sofat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008034:Lincomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D008034:Lincomycin