An investigation by this Subcommittee carried out from January to April, 1959, showed that the number of working days lost as a result of bronchitis was halved by the daily administration of antibiotic capsules compared with a similar group of patients taking inert capsules (British Tuberculosis Association, 1960).The antibiotics employed were tetracycline, 250 mg.twice daily, and penicillin-V potassium, 312 mg.twice daily.The results are summarized as follows: Mean Time Off Work Average Time Off Work per Day at Risk per Patient Penicillin group 0-06 day 6-8 days Tetracycline group 0-06 .. 75 Control group .. 0-12 .. 14-2
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Francis et al. (1961) studied this question.