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Penicillin Versus Tetracycline in the Treatment of Childhood Osteomyelitis
Author(s) -
CULLEN C. H.,
HARGADON E. J.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1962.tb06528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin , tetracycline , osteomyelitis , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , biology , physics , optics
Summary Fifty‐eight children with acute haema‐togenous osteomyelitis have been studied. The incidence of infection by penicillin‐resistant organisms was found to be 54.5 % in 33 cases in which an organism was recovered. Tetracycline has been found to be more effective than penicillin in the primary treatment of this condition.