Detection of repeated gonorrhea by a modified follow-up method.

The rate of reinfection after treatment was studied in four groups of patients. The first group of 100 patients were evaluated retrospectively after treatment with 1.0 g ampicillin twice followed by two re-examinations over a 2-week period during which time intercourse was prohibited.

A dose response study with bacampicillin in uncomplicated gonorrhoea.

In a systematic study of dose-response relationship 883 patients with uncomplicated gonorrhoea were given single oral doses of 400, 800 or 1600 mg bacampicillin, with 1 g probenecid. A single dose of bacampicillin 800 mg plus probenecid was the minimum effective dose in patients with fully ampicillin-sensitive strains. In patients with gonococci showing reduced sensitivity to ampicillin, 1600 mg bacampicillin was required to reach a cure rate above 95%.

Staphylococcus saprophyticus: a frequent cause of acute urinary tract infection among female outpatients.

The frequency of Staphylococcus saprophyticus, formerly Micrococcus subgroup 3, as the cause of bacteriuria is reported. Of 787 consecutive female outpatients with signs of bacteriuria, 173 (22.0%) yielded S.

Hemolytic streptococci among infants in a maternity department. Report of an outbreak.

Reports of several streptococcal infections among babies after discharge from a maternity department initiated an epidemiologic study. Out of 100 infants in the 3 maternity wards 67% were colonized on the umbilicus with hemolytic streptococci group A. It was assumed that the spread had occurred from infant to infant in connection with the nursing.

Culture diagnosis of gonorrhoea--a comparison between two standard laboratory methods and a commercial gonococcal culture kit (Kvadricult).

The efficiency of a commercial kit--Kvadricult--intended for the culture diagnosis of gonorrhoea and specially designed to simplify "bedside" inoculation, was compared in two laboratories with their standard laboratory gonococcal (GC) culture methods. The yields of specimens inoculated "bedside" were compared with those inoculated after transport for 4-18 hrs in a modified Stuart transport medium. The highest positive yield was obtained by "bedside" inoculation with approximately equal results for the conventional methods and the Kvadricult system.