A Retrospective Comparative Study of 2-Drug Oral and Intramuscular Cephalosporin Treatment Regimens for Pharyngeal Gonorrhea
Author(s) -
Lindley A. Barbee,
Roxanne P. Kerani,
Julia C. Dombrowski,
Olusegun O. Soge,
Matthew R. Golden
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit084
Subject(s) - medicine , gonorrhea , azithromycin , ceftriaxone , cephalosporin , retrospective cohort study , relative risk , doxycycline , confidence interval , antibacterial agent , surgery , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for pharyngeal gonorrhea treatment recommend dual therapy with intramuscular ceftriaxone and either azithromycin or doxycycline. Few clinical data exist to support this recommendation.
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