Treatment of pneumococcal empyema in children with optoquine. Leitner (Mon. f. Kinderheilk., Bd. 38, No. 1-2)

Abstract

The author advises that in cases of pneumococcal empyema in children, pus should be discharged by puncture, followed by washing the cavity with ½% optochini basici solution, leaving 0.025 of the product per kilogram of child weight (in a 5% solution) in the cavity after each puncture.

Full Text

Leitner советует при пнеймококковой эмпиеме у детей выпускать гной проколом, после чего промывать полость ½% раствором optochini basici, оставляя после каждого прокола в ней по 0,025 средства на кило веса ребенка (в 5% растворе).