Abstract

CASE 1.--J. B., a 4-month-old Negro male, entered the hospital Feb. 3, 1950, with a toxic appearance but a normal temperature. X-ray confirmed a diagnosis of bilateral bronchopneumonia. The blood cultures were all negative, but the nose and throat cultures revealed pneumococci group B and staphylococci. He was given 1.8 Gin. daily (300 mg. every four hours) of terramycin orally. All clinical and roentgenographic signs of illness disappeared by the fifth day of hospitalization.

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