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As for the optimal duration of treatment of this disease, guidelines vary, with some recommending a 10-day course of doxycycline, while others suggest a 14-day course; still, recent data suggest that even a 7-day course of doxycycline can be effective.
Non-gonococcal urethritis (caused by Chlamydia trachomatis): The CDC recommends administering an oral single dose of azithromycin 1g or a 7-day course of doxycycline 100 mg orally twice daily.' [11] Alternative treatments can also be used when the above options are not available: [11] Erythromycin base 500 mg orally four times daily for 7 days
In settings without access to resistance testing, or if moxifloxacin cannot be used, the CDC recommends as an alternative regimen: seven days of doxycycline followed by the four-day course of azithromycin, with a test of cure 21 days after treatment being required due to the high rate of macrolide resistance.
The course of a disease, also called its natural history, [3] is the development of the disease in a patient, including the sequence and speed of the stages and forms they take. [4] Typical courses of diseases include: chronic; recurrent or relapsing; subacute: somewhere between an acute and a chronic course
Treatment with generic doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 7 days has equal success with expensive delayed-release doxycycline 200 mg once a day for 7 days. [12] Erythromycin is less preferred as it may cause gastrointestinal side effects, which can lead to non-adherence.
Specialty-specific studies have also been carried out, especially in high-risk surgery of the spine. One large Canadian study found that the spine-surgery SSI rate decreased 5.6% (from 7.2% to 1.6%) because of nasal aPDT combined with chlorhexidine bathing, saving on average $45–55 CAD per treated patient ($4.24 million CAD annually).
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[7] Background and characteristics B ... Treatment usually consists of a 4- to 6-week course of doxycycline as first-line, or erythromycin, or azithromycin. [21] [22]