Recent developments in the treatment of gonorrhoea.

Sensitivity to penicillin of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Bangkok. Relation to the results of treatment.

“…in male patients, using single injections of 1-2 m.u. aqueous procaine penicillin G (Willcox, 1970b), and the failure rate was only 5-8 per cent. in patients treated with 2-4 m.u.…”

“…Increased resistance of the gonococcus to antibiotics is much more pronounced in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization than in most other areas (Willcox, 1970a).…”