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Letter
Treatment regimens in non-gonococcal urethritis
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A letter in response to: ‘Suboptimal adherence to doxycycline and treatment outcomes among men with non-gonococcal urethritis: a prospective cohort study’ and ‘Empiric NSU treatment needs updating’.1 ,2
The effect of suboptimal adherence to a 7-day 100 mg twice daily doxycycline regimen on treatment failure in men with non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) was assessed by Khosropour et al.1 The authors conclude that suboptimal adherence to doxycycline, defined as missing one or more doses, is associated with microbiological failure in chlamydial NGU in men.1 We …
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Contributors The authors contributed equally to this submission.
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Competing interests None.
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