Intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G is an efficient and safe method of administering penicillin to large groups of men. When its use is indicated the allergic reactions are not a ...

Except for a mild burning sensation experienced by several patients at the site of some of the intramuscular injections, there were only two complications that could be attributed to the penicillin.

In fact, gluteal IM injection that led to sciatic nerve injury most often presented as paralytic drop foot (Mayer & Romain, 2001; Sobel, Huang, & Wieting, 1997).

The oral route of administration simplifies treatment by providing a convenient option for patients unable to receive an intramuscular injection.

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The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which causes gonorrhea, has progressively developed resistance to most classes of antibiotics used to treat these infections, including ceftriaxone, a widely used ...

What did we do? We included studies that randomly gave people with past rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease antibiotics or not (e.g. based on flipping a coin). We were interested in comparing, ...

Children in both groups were given azithromycin sequential treatment. The CG was given fiberoptic bronchoscope alveolar lavage with sodium chloride injection, and the OG was treated with fiberoptic ...

An intramuscular injection is a technique used to deliver a medication deep into the muscles. This allows the medication to be absorbed quickly. Learn more.