Sensitivity of Actinomyces Israeli to Antibiotics

Sensitivity Changes of Actinomyces Bovis to Penicillin and Streptomycin.

Actinomycosis in the human being is a chronic, suppurative disease resulting from infection with the fungus Actinomyces bovis. Prior to the advent of the sulfonamides and later penicillin and streptomycin, the prognosis of patients suffering from actinomycotic infections was not too promising. There are many reports in the literature concerning the succesful use of penicillin as a chemotherapeu...

Sensitivity of N. gonorrhoeae to antibiotics.

Since the late thirties, physicians have been in a very fortunate position with regard to the therapy of gonorrhoea. At that time the sulphonamide drugs were discovered and produced a revolution in the treatment of gonorrhoea; when the incidence of resistant gonococcus strains became too high, penicillin came into the picture, closely followed by streptomycin and tetracycline. In addition, othe...

Corneal ulceration; sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics.

CORNEAL ulcers are common in all ophthalmic hospitals in India, especially in the summer. Their treatment was very unsatisfactory before the advent of antibiotics but even antibiotics were found to have their limitations in hypopyon ulcers, especially those due to B. pyocyaneus which always progressed to perforation of the cornea in spite of vigorous treatment. It was therefore decided to place...

Tests of bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics.

Sensitivity of gonococci to antibiotics related to results of treatment.

Of this series, 878 were domiciled in Copenhagen and 26 in other parts of Denmark, while 49 were foreigners, including thirteen seamen. In all, 115 foreign and Danish seamen were treated. 136 were women referred by the police under the Danish Venereal Diseases Act, and most of these were admitted as in-patients. In a total of 594 cases sensitivity determinations were carried out before the firs...