TRIAL OF COTRIMOXAZOLE VERSUS PROCAINE PENICILLIN-G AND BENZATHIN PENICILLIN PLUS PROCAINE PENICILLIN-G IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD PNEUMONIA

This study, which aimed to assess the results of three different regim ens in the treatment of pneumonia, was carried out at the Pediatric Ou tpatient Department of Capa Children's Hospital in Istanbul on 151 pat ients aged between 4 months and 14 years. The first group (n = 46) rec eived co-trimoxazole orally for 10 days and the second group (n = 63) procaine penicillin G in intramuscularly for 10 days. Benzathin penici llin G combined with procaine penicillin G was given to the third grou p (n = 42) as a single dose intramuscularly. While the best results we re obtained with penicillin procaine G, no statistically significant d ifference was found between this regimen and co-trimoxazole therapy (x (2) = 0.305023 P = 0.5). We suggest that co-trimoxazole is easy to adm inister and cost effective in the ambulatory treatment of pneumonia in children.