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  • Title: Clinical efficacy of ciprofloxacin versus doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis in males.
    Author: van der Willigen AH, Polak-Vogelzang AA, Habbema L, Wagenvoort JH.
    Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis; 1988 Oct; 7(5):658-61. PubMed ID: 3143576.
    Abstract:
    In a randomised study the clinical efficacy of ciprofloxacin was compared with that of doxycycline administered in two different dosage schemes to male patients suffering from non-gonococcal urethritis. Fourteen days after completion of therapy (day 21) pyuria was absent in 30 of 100 patients in the ciprofloxacin group; Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from five and Ureaplasma urealyticum from eight patients. In the 100 mg doxycycline group (n = 60) pyuria was absent in 36 patients (60%) and Ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated from six patients on day 21. In the 200 mg doxycycline group (n = 45) pyuria was absent in 18 patients (40%) and Ureaplasma urealyticum was isolated from two patients on day 21. Side-effects were mild and transient in all groups. It is concluded that ciprofloxacin given in a dosage of 1 g for seven days is not effective in the treatment of non-gonococcal urethritis.
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