Testing for Mycoplasma genitalium and Using Doxycycline as First-Line Therapy at Initial Presentations for Non-Gonococcal Urethritis (NGU) Correlate With Reductions in Persistent NGU.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Johnson, Kelly A; Sankaran, Madeline; Kohn, Robert P; Bacon, Oliver; Cohen, Stephanie E
- Source
- Clinical Infectious Diseases. May2023, Vol. 76 Issue 9, p1674-1677. 4p.
- Subject
- *MYCOPLASMA diseases
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*DOXYCYCLINE
*URETHRITIS
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
*AZITHROMYCIN
- Language
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
We found that the odds of return clinic visits for persistent non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) were significantly lower (odds ratio:.4; 95% confidence interval:.3–.6; P <.0001) after implementing (1) testing for Mycoplasma genitalium during initial evaluations for NGU and (2) switching from azithromycin to doxycycline as first-line NGU treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]