Use of spiramycin in the treatment of inflammatory diseases ot the respiratory tract in children in ambulatory conditions

: Comparative efficacy of oral spiramycin and ampicillin was estimated in the treatment of 65 children at the age of 5 to 12 years with infectious inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, tonsils and middle ear. By the 7th day of the treatment with spiramycin the cure was stated in 97.7 per cent of the patients and 2.3 per cent of the patients showed the improvement. With the use of ampicillin the cure was recorded only by the 12th day. Marked advantages of spiramycin were observed as well with respect to the time course of the improvement of the disease main signs such as fever, pain in the throat on swallowing, intoxication and others.