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The Treatment of Moderate and Severe Pneumococcal Pneumonia with Oral Phenoxymethyl Penicillin
JOHN T. REEVES, M.D.;
JAMES GARFIELD, M.D.;
NATHAN POLASKY, M.D.;
MORTON HAMBURGER, M.D.
AMA Arch Intern Med. 1959;103(2):184-188.
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The successful treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia with oral phenoxymethyl penicillin (penicillin V) has been reported by several investigators.1-3 Because encouraging results of therapy observed during a single season are often not confirmed by study over a longer period of time it is always reassuring to report the repetition of therapeutic trials which at first show promise. The present report, therefore, adds our experience of 1956-1957 to that of 1955-1956, which was the basis of our first communication on this subject.1 The second year, in general, confirmed the initial experience.
Plan of Study
The plan of study was similar to that of the first year of the program. All patients with pneumonia admitted to the Cincinnati General Hospital were screened by one of us and included in the study with the following exceptions: (1) those suspected of having nonpneumococcal pneumonia; (2) those unable to take oral medication, usually because
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Author Affiliations
Cincinnati
From the Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Cincinnati General Hospital.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 16, 1958.
This investigation was supported by a grant-in-aid from Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. The pencillin V was supplied by the Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. through the courtesy of Dr. Edward F. Roberts.
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