• J. Int. Med. Res. · Jul 1994

    Clinical Trial

    An open study of procaine penicillin G, clavulanate-potentiated amoxycillin and probenecid in the treatment of acute gonorrhoea.

    • P D Ekwere.
    • University Department of Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria.
    • J. Int. Med. Res. 1994 Jul 1; 22 (4): 236-43.

    AbstractIn an open study 55 patients presenting with acute gonorrhoea were given 4.8 mega units procaine penicillin G, intramuscularly, and oral probenecid (1 g) plus one 375-mg tablet clavulanate-potentiated amoxycillin orally. Before this treatment, 53 patients (96.4%) had presented with a purulent discharge, and dysuria was present in 47 patients (85.5%). The presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was confirmed by bacterial culture in 54 patients (98.2%). The majority of pathogens (92.5%) were penicillin resistant. On day 3 after treatment, dysuria was absent in 53 patients (96.4%) and there was no discharge in 40 cases (72.7%). N. gonorrhoeae was eradicated in 53 patients (96.4%). Two further patients were bacteriologically cured, but were suffering from post-gonococcal urethritis. The patients in whom discharge was still apparent were further assessed on day 7; discharge was resolved or resolving in all but one patient. There was one treatment failure. No adverse reactions were reported.

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