title: Clinical efficacy of ciprofloxacin versus doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis in males.
abstract: In a randomised study the clinical efficacy of ciprofloxacin was compared with that of doxycycline administered in two different dosage schemes to male patients suffering from non-gonococcal urethritis. Fourteen days after completion of therapy (day 21) pyuria was absent in 30 of 100 patients in the ciprofloxacin group; Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from five and Ureaplasma urealyticum from eight patients. In the 100 mg doxycycline group (n = 60) pyuria was absent in 36 patients (60%) and Ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated from six patients on day 21. In the 200 mg doxycycline group (n = 45) pyuria was absent in 18 patients (40%) and Ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated from two patients on day 21. Side-effects were mild and transient in all groups. It is concluded that ciprofloxacin given in a dosage of 1 g for seven days is not effective in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis.
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000187:drug effects; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000187:drug effects; D014526:Urethritis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004318:Doxycycline