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Azithromycin for PID beats doxycycline on all counts
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5407
| Title: | Azithromycin for PID beats doxycycline on all counts |
| Author: | Rowland, Kate; Ewigman, Bernard |
| Keywords: |
pelvic pain
vaginal discharge outpatient therapy |
| Date: | 2007-12 |
| Publisher: | Family Physicians Inquiries Network |
| Citation: | Journal of Family Practice, 56(12) 2007: 1006+. |
| Abstract: | Outpatient treatment of patients with mild pelvic inflammatory disease, using 1g of azithromycin weekly for 2 weeks, combined with 250mg of ceftriaxone intramuscularly on the first day, is superior to the current recommended treatment with doxycycline plus ceftriaxone. Strength of recommendation (SOR) A: Single well-designed RCT. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5407 |
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