Further drug trials in acute amoebic dysentery: Demethylchlortetracycline, methacycline, ampicillin and chlorhydroxyquinoline

Abstract

The antibiotics demethylchlortetracycline, methacycline and ampicillin were less effective than the older tetracyclines, which remain the antibiotics of choice when used together with emetine hydrochloride, dehydroemetine or chlorocuine, in the treatment of acute amebic dysentery. Chlorhydroxyquinoline falls into a category similar to other quinolines.