Double-blind trial of amoxycillin and ampicillin plus probenecid in the treatment of gonorrhoea in men. Issue 5 (October 1979)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brathwaite, A R
• Is Part Of: Sexually transmitted infections. Volume 55:Issue 5(1979)
• Page Start: 340
• Page End: 342
• Publication Date: 1979-10
• Subjects: Sexually transmitted diseases -- Periodicals; HIV infections -- Periodicals; 616.951005
• DOI: 10.1136/sti.55.5.340
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-4973

Abstract

Abstract : In a double-blind study amoxycillin 3 g or ampicillin 3 g plus probenecid 1 g were randomly administered as a single oral dose to 160 men with uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis. The cure rate for each drug group was 98.6%. Tolerance to oral medication was good and no evidence of allergy or toxicity to either drug was shown. No case of post-gonococcal urethritis was observed over a 14-day follow-up period. Thus, both drug regimens proved very effective in treating uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis in men.