Standard Treatment Regimens for Nongonococcal Urethritis Have Similar but Declining Cure Rates: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Standard treatment regimens for nongonococcal urethritis have similar but declining cure rates: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Azithromycin or doxycycline is recommended for nongonococcal urethritis (NGU); recent evidence suggests their efficacy has declined. We compared azithromycin and doxycycline in men with NGU, hypothesizing that azithromycin was more effective than doxycycline. METHODS From January 2007 to July 2011, English-speaking males ≥16 years, attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1022