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The case of a 26-year-old man who, from birth, had blister formation on the hands and feet, facial erythema with telangiectasias, progressive wrinkling of the skin, and sun hypersensitivity, is reported here. We believe that this patient can be considered as a new case of Kindler's syndrome, a rare condition presenting simultaneous manifestations of both poikiloderma congenitale and epidermolysis bullosa.

Acute gonococcal urethritis was treated with a single oral dose of 2.5 g of thiamphenicol in 62 patients after diagnosis by gram-staining of urethral smears and/or cultures for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Thayer-Martin medium. Therapy resulted in bacteriologic and clinical cure in 50 cases. Three cases were not cured by this treatment. Nine patients failed to return for follow-up examination. The only adverse reaction to treatment was diarrhea in one patient. The taste of the preparation of thiamphenicol administered was considered acceptable by most patients.