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Treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea in women with a single oral dose of enoxacin

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One hundred and twenty-three female patients suffering from uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea were treated in a double blind randomised trial with either 200 mg enoxacin (one capsule of 200 mg, one of placebo) or 400 mg enoxacin (two capsules of 200 mg). The cure rate in the 46 evaluable patients in the 400 mg group was 100 %, and in the 40 evaluable patients in the 200 mg group 98.7 %. Minor side effects such as nausea, headache and skin rash occurred in three of 109 evaluable patients (2.8 %). The minimum inhibitory concentration of enoxacin for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated varied between 0.03 and 0.12 mcg/ml. Enoxacin would seem to be a very effective drug in the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea in female patients.

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    M. J. Tegelberg-Stassen, A. H. van der Willigen, J. C. van der Hoek, T. van Joost & E. Stolz

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    J. H. Wagenvoort, H. J. van Vliet & M. F. Michel

  3. National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    B. van Klingeren

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Tegelberg-Stassen, M.J., van der Willigen, A.H., van der Hoek, J.C. et al. Treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea in women with a single oral dose of enoxacin. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 5, 395–398 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02075693

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