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

alexandrossfakianakis shared this article with you from Inoreader 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 via Clinical Infectious Diseases Advance Access Abstract We found that the odds of return clinic visits for persistent non-gonococcal urethritis (pNGU) were significantly lower (OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.3-0.6, p < 0.0001) after implementing: (1) testing for Mycoplasma genitalium during initial evaluations for non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) and (2) switching from azithromycin to doxycycline as first-line NGU treatment. View on Web

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