Effect of Oxytetracycline Therapy of Streptococcal Sore Throat on the Incidence of Acute Rheumatic Fever

Article1 February 1955EFFECT OF OXYTETRACYCLINE THERAPY OF STREPTOCOCCAL SORE THROAT ON THE INCIDENCE OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVERFRANCIS J. CATANZARO, LORING BROCK, ROBERT CHAMOVITZ, WILLIAM D. PERRY, ALAN C. SIEGEL, CHANDLER A. STETSON, CHARLES H. RAMMELKAMP JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., HAROLD B. HOUSER, BERTRAND L. STOLZER, LEWIS W. WANNAMAKER, EDWARD O. HAHNFRANCIS J. CATANZARO, LORING BROCK, ROBERT CHAMOVITZ, WILLIAM D. PERRY, ALAN C. SIEGEL, CHANDLER A. STETSON, CHARLES H. RAMMELKAMP JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., HAROLD B. HOUSER, BERTRAND L. STOLZER, LEWIS W. WANNAMAKER, EDWARD O. HAHNAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-2-345 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough penicillin, Chlortetracycline, Oxytetracycline and erythromycin have been shown to be effective in alleviating the symptoms of acute streptococcal disease, only penicillin and Chlortetracycline therapy have been shown to reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever following such infections.1-6 Since an important purpose of treatment is the prevention of complications, particularly rheumatic fever, it is necessary to evaluate the antirheumatic effect of each new drug employed in the therapy of streptococcal infections. In addition, the occurrence of reactions to the various drugs makes it essential that more than one form of therapy be available to the physician.The present study is...Bibliography1. 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Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and the Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.This investigation was conducted under the sponsorship of the Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases and the Commission on Streptococcal Diseases, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, and was supported by the Offices of The Surgeons General, Departments of the Army and Air Force, Washington, D. C.†Oxytetracycline (Terramycin) was generously supplied by Dr. Gladys L. Hobby, Charles Pfizer and Company, New York. 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