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Fifty patients have been treated with clindamycin, a chemical analogue of lincomycin. Forty-four responded satisfactorily to treatment. Gastrointestinal side-effects were rare though five patients developed rashes. Most recently isolated staphylococci are clindamycin-sensitive.
Geddes et al. (Sat,) studied this question.