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Three day oral course of Augmentin to treat chancroid.

1986; BMJ; Volume: 62; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/sti.62.3.202

1472-3263

Jackoniah O. Ndinya‐Achola, H Nsanze, Peter Karasira, L Fransen, L J D'Costa, Peter Piot, Allan Ronald,

Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment

Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid (Augmentin; Beecham Research Laboratories) was used to treat patients with bacteriologically proved chancroid in three different dose regimens. A single dose of Augmentin (amoxycillin 3 g, clavulanic acid 350 mg) was found to be ineffective. A similar dose repeated after 24 hours was equally ineffective, but a dose (amoxycillin 500 mg, clavulanic acid 250 mg) given every 8 hours for three days was found to be effective. The drug was well tolerated and no side effects were noted in any of the patients treated.