Treatment of gonorrhea with clavulanate-potentiated amoxicillin (Augmentin)
One hundred sixty-one patients with culture-proved Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection were treated with a single oral dose of amoxicillin trihydrate (3 g) and potassium clavulanate (Augmentin, 0.25 g). Of 153 patients infected with non-penicillinase-producing strains of N. gonorrhoeae, 139 (91%) were c...
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Published in | Sexually transmitted diseases Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 163 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.07.1985
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Summary: | One hundred sixty-one patients with culture-proved Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection were treated with a single oral dose of amoxicillin trihydrate (3 g) and potassium clavulanate (Augmentin, 0.25 g). Of 153 patients infected with non-penicillinase-producing strains of N. gonorrhoeae, 139 (91%) were cured, and five (62.5%) of eight patients infected with penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae were cured. Augmentin was successful in eradicating N. gonorrhoeae from the rectum; 30 (97%) of 31 such infections were cured. |
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ISSN: | 0148-5717 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00007435-198507000-00015 |