CHLORAMPHENICOL (CHLOROMYCETIN) IN THE TREATMENT OF TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE (SCRUB TYPHUS)

Abstract

The present paper augments information pre- viously published on the first 25 patients with scrub typhus to receive chloromycetin (1) and reviews our experience in the use of this drug in the treatment of a total of 69 persons who contracted tsutsugamushi disease in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya. The re- sults obtained in this group are compared with those observed in 19 patients with the disease who received only supportive therapy and in three who were given p-aminobenzoic acid.