Single-dose therapy with trimethoprim-sulfametrole for chancroid in females.
Women with genital ulcer disease who were culture-positive for Haemophilus ducreyi were treated with a single dose of the drug combination trimethoprim-sulfametrole; the dosage was 640 mg of trimethoprim and 3,200 mg of sulfametrole. All 27 women who were treated with this regimen and adequately followed were cured. Thus a single dose of trimethoprim-sulfametrole appears to be an effective treatment regimen for women with chancroid in Kenya.
D000328:Adult; D002602:Chancroid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D013424:Sulfanilamides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D013424:Sulfanilamides; D014295:Trimethoprim; C012047:sulfametrole