[Comparative study of ofloxacin+amoxicillin-clavulanic acid versus doxycycline+amoxicillin-clavulanic acid combination in the treatment of pelvic Chlamydia trachomatis infections]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1995;24(3):253-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ofloxacin+coamoxiclav versus doxycycline-coamoxiclav in the treatment of chlamydial pelvic infections.

Design: An open, comparative, randomised, monocentric study.

Subjects: A hundred and eighteen patients (85 endometritis and 33 salpingitis) were included. Clinical, laparoscopic and bacteriological assessments were performed before treatment. 30.4% of salpingitis were considered as severe (COGIT score > 6). 25.4% of acute pelvic infections were only caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.

Treatment: A hundred and eighteen patients were treated orally with 3 week combination ofloxacin (200 mg b.i.d.) + coamoxiclav (1 g b.i.d.) (n = 60) or with a 6 week coamoxiclav (1 g b.i.d.) + doxycycline (100 mg b.i.d.) (n = 58).

Results: Oral combination ofloxacin-coamoxiclav is as effective as oral combination doxycycline+coamoxyclav with respectively 96.7% versus 96.6% and 100% versus 98.4% satisfactory clinical et bacteriological results.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
  • Chlamydia Infections / drug therapy*
  • Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis*
  • Clavulanic Acids / therapeutic use
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use*
  • Endometritis / drug therapy*
  • Endometritis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Salpingitis / drug therapy*
  • Salpingitis / microbiology
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Clavulanic Acids
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
  • Amoxicillin
  • Ofloxacin
  • Doxycycline