title: [Treatment of acute salpingitis with a combination of augmentin and synthetic tetracycline or augmentin alone].
abstract: 41 cases of acute salpingitis were treated: either with the combination Augmentin + Tetracycline (A + T) including 21 severe cases treated intravenously for 4 days, then per os and 10 moderate cases treated per os from the beginning-or by Augmentin alone (A) per os for 10 other moderate cases. An accurate bacteriological diagnosis was made before treatment and, in case of failure, most often by celioscopy. A Chlamydia serology was performed. Patients were seen again after 8 days (41 cases), one month (39 cases) and several months (32 cases).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A Chlamydia infection was found responsible, by culture or serology, in one out of 2 cases; only one germ was found in 14 cases, 2 germs in 21 cases and none in 7 cases. The association A + T was effective in all moderate cases at 8 and 30 days; in severe forms, there was a failure at 8 days and 4 others at 30 days or 17%. Augmentin alone per os caused 5 failures out of 10 cases at 8 days. No new failure was observed after several months in cases cured at 30 days. The association A + T may be recommended as very effective in moderate forms of acute salpingitis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D000658:Amoxicillin; D013752:Tetracycline
vernacular_title: Traitement des salpingites aiguës par une association augmentin et tétracycline de synthèse ou par augmentin seul.