Two dose Augmentin treatment of acute gonorrhoea in men.
We studied 192 men with acute gonococcal urethritis, 97 of whom received two oral doses of Augmentin (amoxycillin 3 g and clavulanic acid 250 mg) separated by a four hour interval; the remaining 95 received 2 g kanamycin in a single intramuscular injection. Of the patients treated with Augmentin, 93 (95.9%) were cured, which was significantly more than the 83 (87.4%) patients treated with kanamycin. Augmentin was equally effective in the treatment of penicillinase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) and non-PPNG infections, the cure rates for which were 96.6% and 95.6% respectively.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007612:Kanamycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000201:enzymology; D010405:Penicillinase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014526:Urethritis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007612:Kanamycin; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D000658:Amoxicillin; D010405:Penicillinase