Chronic Chlamydial Diseases: From Atherosclerosis to Urogenital Infections
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Ciprofloxacin treatment of chlamydial infections of urogenital tracts of women.
Ciprofloxacin was evaluated in chlamydial infections of the urogenital tracts of women treated with a dosage regimen of 500 mg orally twice a day for seven days. Of the 40 women evaluated, 30 were infected with Chlamydia trachomatis only, two were infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae only, and a further eight had combined gonococcal and chlamydial infections. Ten were found to be harbouring Chla...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Clinical Microbiology Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2196-5471
DOI: 10.1007/s40588-014-0005-8