Abstract
With the advent of the sulfonamide drugs and, later, penicillin the prognosis in actinomycosis took a brighter turn. Several reports appeared in various journals on the success of treatment with the aforementioned agents. Dobson and Cutting1reported their results in 12 cases, and they concluded that both penicillin and the sulfonamide compounds are highly effective in the treatment of actinomycosis. Hendrickson and Lehman2in 1945 reported on the successful treatment by penicillin of cervicofacial actinomycosis without surgical drainage. In 1948, Nichols and Herrell3gave their results in the treatment of this disease. Glover, Herrell, Hillman and Pfuetze4gave a good review of the literature in addition to their results, and Campbell and Bradford5noted the excellent prognosis in their cases by treatment with sulfonamide drugs and penicillin. More recently, Weed and Baggenstoss6reported on the pathologic and bacterial studies of 21 fatal cases and
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