Sexually Transmitted Infection

• Recommended Regimens
  • Azithromycin 1 g orally in a single dose, or
  • Doxycycline 100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days

Azithromycin and doxycycline are both highly effective for the treatment for chlamydial urethritis. Urethritis associated with M. genitalium responds better to azithromycin, although azithromycin resistance is increasing.

• When Gram stain is not available gonorrheal infection cannot be ruled out. These patients should be treated with a drug regimen effective against both chlamydia and gonorrhea.
• Recommended Regimens
  • Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM PLUS
  • Azithromycin 1 g orally in a single dose, or
  • Doxycycline 100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days

Non-gonococcal urethritis National Lib Med 2021