Kanamycin in the treatment of gonococcal urethritis in males

A consecutive series of 56 male patients with uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis were treated with 2 gm of kanamycin intramuscularly. Twenty (35.7 per cent) specimens of gonococcus were PPNG, while 36 (64.3 per cent) were non-PPNG. An overall failure rate of 12.2 per cent was observed. Further breakdown showed failure rate of 20 per cent with PPNG and 7.7 per cent with non PPNG.