Treatment of chancroid with erythromycin. A clinical and microbiological appraisal.
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Treatment of chancroid with erythromycin. A clinical and microbiological appraisal.
One hundred and thirty seven patients presenting with genital ulcerations from which Haemophilus ducreyi was isolated were treated with erythromycin stearate 500 mg every six hours for seven days. Of these, 91 (66%) had associated inguinal lymphadenopathy. Only two of the 100 patients who returned after one week showed no clinical improvement. Despite decrease in size H ducreyi was reisolated f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1983
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.59.4.265