The records of 1,381 patients with gonorrhea were examined by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to determine the efficacy of their treatment schedules. Urethritis, cervicitis and pharyngitis were treated with 4.8 million u. of aqueous procaine penicillin G intramuscularly, without probenecid. Cure rates were 98 percent in urethritis, 97 percent in pharyngitis and 98 percent in cervicitis. Patients allergic to penicillin were treated with tetracycline orally or spectinomycin intramuscularly. In patients with proctitis, a 98 percent cure rate was achieved with one intramuscular injection of procaine penicillin G, followed by ampicillin orally for four days.
马萨诸塞州公共卫生部检查了1381例淋病患者的记录,以确定其治疗方案的疗效。尿道炎、宫颈炎和咽炎采用480万单位的普鲁卡因青霉素G水剂肌肉注射治疗,未使用丙磺舒。尿道炎的治愈率为98%,咽炎为97%,宫颈炎为98%。对青霉素过敏的患者采用口服四环素或肌肉注射壮观霉素治疗。对于直肠炎患者,单次肌肉注射普鲁卡因青霉素G,随后口服氨苄西林4天,治愈率达到98%。