Dermatitis Herpetiformis Treated With Chloramphenicol

Herpes Gestationis?a Reconsideration

“…three times weekly, and noted marked improvement in 14 and some improvement in a further six cases. Penicillin (Carpenter and Hall, 1945) and chloromycetin (Thome, 1951) have been advoeated. Zakon, Leder and Siegal (1953) and Katzenstein et al (1954) reported successful treatment with A.C.T.H.…”

Herpes Gestationis

“…Penicillin has been said to help temporarily but the patients of Carpenter and Hall (1945) relapsed when it was stopped. Thorne (1951) reported rapid and dramatic improvement in a severe case of dermatitis herpetiformis when the patient was given 1 g. of chlorornycetin 5 times a day for 2 days followed by 0.25g. 5 times a day for 4 days.…”