The Sensitivity of the Staphylococci which were Separated from the Maxillary Sinus of Children to Various Antibiotics

Abstract

Accompanying wide use of chemotherapeutic agents, the drawbacks gradually increased. Especially the problem of resistant strains has been attracting attention since the works by Rammelkamp¹⁾, Spink²⁾ and others on the resistance to penicillin. In Japan, staphylococcus is one of the pathogens which are found resistant most frequently.

The author attempted to examine the sensitivity of the staphylococci which were found in the maxillary sinus of children to various antibiotics. These staphylococci were supposed to be important in the chemotherapy of chronic sinusitis in children. The studies were made from October 1955 to May 1956.