Letter: Single dose penicillin therapy.

Response of pharyngeal gonorrhoea to single dose penicillin treatment.

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 wo...

Letter: Acute arthralgia following high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone therapy.

SIR,-Withdrawal symptoms following the cessation of long-term steroid therapy are well known. These include exacerbation of prior symptoms such as recurrence of arthritis and arthralgia in the rheumatoid patient, or fever, myalgia, hypotension, anorexia, nausea, lethargy, and desquamation of the skin. In severe cases, signs and symptoms of acute adrenal insufficiency may also occur. Over the pa...

Penicillin Therapy

Penicillin Therapy

Tlis book was written in an effort to simplify and condense the literature relating to reflexes. There are 465 references listed at the end of the book, and under the discussion of each reflex the literature is reviewed. An example of the effort to simplify the terminology used in naming reflexes is interesting. A diagram of the foot and ankle shows the places from which a tap with the reflex h...

Penicillin Therapy