title: A comparison of two antibiotic regimens for treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease.
abstract: Sixty-two women were randomized in a double-blind fashion to receive one of two antibiotic regimens for the treatment of clinically diagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease. Thirty of 31 patients (96.8%) receiving a combination of cefoxitin with doxycycline and 28 of 31 (90.3%) receiving a combination of clindamycin with amikacin responded to therapy (P = not significant). Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, or both were isolated from 13.3, 7.0, and 4.8% of patients, respectively. Of the four patients not responding to therapy, all had inflammatory complexes. Cefoxitin/doxycycline and clindamycin/amikacin are both effective in the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000583:Amikacin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002440:Cefoxitin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002981:Clindamycin; D002440:Cefoxitin; D000583:Amikacin; D004318:Doxycycline