Outcomes of treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection with azithromycin: an evaluation by different criteria
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0412-4030.2012.06.016
- VernacularTitle:不同判愈标准评估阿奇霉素治疗泌尿生殖道沙眼衣原体感染的治愈率
- Author:
Xiaofei ZHAN
;
Shuchun WANG
;
Zhao CHEN
;
Yiru LI
;
Quanzhong LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Dermatology
2012;45(6):429-430
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo compare the recovery rates calculated according to different criteriain patients with urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection after treatment with azithromycin. Methods Clinical data on outpatients who were diagnosed with urogenital Ct infection and treated with azithromycin in the sexually transmitted disease(STD) outpatient clinic of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Recovery rates were calculated according to the improvement of symptom and (or) reexamination results of Ct at 1,5 and 9 weeks after the end of treatment.ResultsSignificant differences were observed between the recovery rates calculated according to symptom improvement and those according to laboratory reexamination results.No obvious correlation existed between the presence of symptom and positive reexamination results.The recovery rates calculated according to the second reexamination result differed significantly from those according to the first reexamination result,but were similar to those according to the third reexamination result. ConclusionsThe cure of Ct infection should be determined according to laboratory test results,and two times of reexamination at 1 and 5 weeks after the final treatment are recommended.
