Framboesia (yaws) treated with aureomycin

Ten cases of framboesia, seven showing initial lesions and nine early framboesides were treated with Aureomycin; dosage was 25 milligrammes per kilogramme body weight per day for fourteen days. The results after a twelve month period from the commencement of treatment were as follows: (i) All cases showed complete clinical cure and there were no relapses (ii) In six cases there was a reversal of the Kahn serological test; in two there was a marked decrease of titre and the two cases which were originally seronegative remained so (AU)