V. I. Filipchik, E. L. Blonshtein (Minsk). Penicillin therapy of psoriatic exfoliative erythroderma

Psoriatic exfoliative erythroderma is a generalized severe disease of the body, acutely occurring in patients with psoriasis. The pathogenesis of this suffering, like psoriasis, is still not clear. Treatment is very difficult and is carried out symptomatically, for a long time, with the use of desensitizing and other means. Over the past seven years, we have successfully used penicillin therapy in the treatment of psoriatic exfoliative erythroderma. During this period of time, 14 men, aged 22-30, were treated. Penicillin was diluted in a 0.25% solution of novocaine at the rate of 100 thousand units. per 1 ml and was injected twice a day (after 12 hours) at 500 thousand M.E. intramuscularly with 5 ml of blood taken from the patient's vein.