title: Response of pharyngeal gonorrhoea to single dose penicillin treatment.
abstract: The prevalence of gonococcal infection of the pharynx in 205 women, 331 heterosexual men, and 11 homosexual men with gonorrhoea was 6.8%, 4.2%, and 27.3% respectively. In only one patient, a heterosexual man, was the pharynx the sole site of infection. Throat symptoms were found in 7% of women, 21% of heterosexual men, and none of the homosexual men. Orogenital contact was reported by 29% of women, 36% of heterosexual men, and all the homosexual men. A single intramuscular dose of 1.8 g Bicillin (procaine penicillin 1.5 g plus benzyl penicillin 300 mg) cured 90% of patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C024657:benzathine benzylpenicillin, procaine benzylpenicillin, drug combination; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine; D010400:Penicillin G; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine