Penicillin in the Treatment of Streptococcal Infections

Abstract

PENICILLIN is generally conceded to be the drug of choice for treatment of infections due to the beta-hemolytic streptococcus. However, which is the best route of administration and which is the most satisfactory of the many oral preparations are two of the unsolved problems of treatment. This study was designed to answer these questions, at least in part, by comparing one form of long acting penicillin given intramuscularly with five oral penicillin preparations.This is an extension of the study carried out by us in 1955.¹ Mohler et al.² did a similar study in Boston in the same year. In . . .