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Retrospective Review of Pharyngeal Gonorrhea Treatment Failures in Alberta, Canada

2013; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 40; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/olq.0000000000000033

1537-4521

Jennifer Gratrix, Joshua Bergman, Cari Egan, Steven J. Drews, Ron Read, Ameeta E. Singh,

Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases

In Brief Our review of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pharyngeal treatment failures from sexually transmitted infection clinics in Alberta suggests that treatment failures with oral cefixime monotherapy were not related to elevated cefixime minimum inhibitory concentrations. Dual therapy with oral cefixime and azithromycin may be a suitable alternate for the treatment of pharyngeal gonorrhea. Our review of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pharyngeal treatment failures from sexually transmitted infection clinics in Alberta suggests that dual therapy with oral cefixime and azithromycin may be a suitable alternate for pharyngeal gonorrhea.