tetracycline and Ear-Diseases

Topics: Acute Disease; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacitracin; Bronchitis; Chloramphenicol; Chronic Disease; Ear Diseases; Humans; Labyrinth Diseases; Laryngitis; Neomycin; Novobiocin; Otitis Externa; Otitis Media; Penicillins; Pneumococcal Infections; Polymyxins; Respiratory Tract Infections; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis; Tracheal Diseases

The prevalence of tetracycline-resistant beta-haemolytic streptococci in South-west Essex has been recorded over the past 10 years. It has fallen from a peak of 35% in 1965 to a level of 9.2% in 1972. Ear infections no longer provide the highest incidence of these organisms; vaginal, perineal, and skin infections now seem to be of greater relative importance but throat swabs still provide the greatest actual number of isolations. Erythromycin-resistant strains are still rare.

Topics: Drug Resistance, Microbial; Ear; Ear Diseases; England; Erythromycin; Female; Humans; Nose; Paranasal Sinuses; Perineum; Pharynx; Skin Diseases; Sputum; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus pyogenes; Tetracycline; Vaginal Diseases; Vulva; Wounds and Injuries

Topics: Drug Resistance, Microbial; Ear Diseases; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Nose Diseases; Pharyngeal Diseases; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus; Tetracycline

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Ear Diseases; Female; Furunculosis; Humans; Laryngitis; Male; Middle Aged; Otitis Media; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Pharyngitis; Pyrazoles; Sinusitis; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis