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| Year : 1970 | Volume
: 36
| Issue : 6 | Page : 224--226 |
Rimactane in Acute Gonococcal Urethritis
SJ Yawalkar, DS Kuchbal, BV Mardhekar
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Correspondence Address:
S J Yawalkar
Thirty cases of acute gonococcal urethritis were treated with Rifampicin in the skin and VD Department of the GT Hospital, Bombay. A single oral dose of 900 mg, Rifampicin was given to all the patients. In every case diagnosis was first confirmed by smear as well as culture on chocolate agar media. Sixty percent of the cases had contracted the disease from prostitutes. Average incubation period was of 4 days. Out of thirty, 28 cases could be cured with single oral dose of 900 mg Rifampicin (cure rate 93.3%). Rifampicin was ineffective only in two cases. The drug was very well tolerated by all the patients. All patients had red urine for 6 to 10 hours after the administration of Rifampicin. In our opinion Rifampicin is a safe as well as very promising drug for the management of acute gonococcal urethritis. It is ideal for cases intolerant to penicillin and does not mask syphilis.
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