EFFECTIVENESS OF OFLOXACIN IN THE TREATMENT OF CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE CERVICAL INFECTION

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作者
FARO, S
MARTENS, MG
MACCATO, M
HAMMILL, HA
ROBERTS, S
RIDDLE, G
机构
[1] Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
关键词
CERVICITIS; C-TRACHOMATIS; N-GONORRHEA;
D O I
10.1016/0002-9378(91)91476-D
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
Forty patients with cervical infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis were treated with ofloxacin (20) or doxycycline (20). Ofloxacin was successful in eradicating C. trachomatis from all 20 (100%) patients. Doxycycline was effective in 18 of 20 (90%) patients. Three patients had a concomitant cervical gonococcal infection. All three were successfully treated: one with ofloxacin and two with doxycycline. Ofloxacin, 300 mg, taken twice daily for 7 days, is effective in eradicating endocervical C. trachomatis infection.
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页码:1380 / 1383
页数:4
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