Treatment of gonorrhoids with lysovakina. Gershkovich and Shapiro (Ven. and Derm., 1928, No. 1)

Gershkovich and Shapiro recommend the treatment of gonorrhoids with lysovakina. It is known that Emmerich and Lw showed by their studies that a special substance, pyocyanase, capable not only of stopping the growth of this bacillus but also of causing lysis of other microbes, is formed in a 3-4-week-old broth culture of Pseudomonas bacillus. These studies initiated attempts to use pyocyanase for therapeutic purposes in a number of infectious diseases, including gonorrhea. The authors set out to test the therapeutic value of the lysovaccine in the treatment of gonorrheal diseases.