tetracycline and Heroin-Dependence

A case of Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome caused by chlamydia is described in which the perihepatic and abdominal swelling also extended to the right perirenal tissue. The case was diagnosed on the basis of the clinical picture, the behaviour of anti-chlamydia serum antibodies, abdominal echography and laparoscopy. The infection was quickly cured by the administration of tetracycline.

Topics: Adult; Chlamydia Infections; Condylomata Acuminata; Female; Hepatitis; Hepatitis, Chronic; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Salpingitis; Syndrome; Syphilis; Tetracycline; Vaginal Neoplasms

A retrospective study was done on patients admitted to the University of Michigan Hospital from 1962 to 1972 with a diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis. The findings in the group studied indicate that Streptococcus viridans was the predominant causative organism, males were affected three times as often as females, erythromycin was effective against organisms of oral origin, dental procedures were not definitely established as responsible for the onset of the disease in any of the cases, and rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease were the predominant, but not the only, predisposing factors.

Topics: Age Factors; Dental Care; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Erythromycin; Heart Defects, Congenital; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Mouth; Penicillins; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatic Heart Disease; Sex Factors; Streptococcus; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Tooth

Topics: Acute Disease; Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Alcoholism; Clindamycin; Fever; Hemoglobins; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Injections, Intramuscular; Injections, Intravenous; Length of Stay; Leukocyte Count; Lung Abscess; Male; Middle Aged; Penicillin G; Radiography; Seizures; Tetracycline; Time Factors

Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Gentamicins; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Male; Methicillin; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillins; Polymyxins; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Tetracycline