twenty-three patients with disseminated gonococcal infections -- 15 with acute tenosynovitis , six with septic monoarticular arthritis , and two with both -- were randomly given five days of erythromycin stearate or estolate , 500 mg orally every six hours ( 13 patients ) , or crystalline aqueous penicillin g potassium , 1 million units intravenously every three hours for three days ( ten patients ) .
C0018081
gonococcal infections
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erythromycin stearate