TY - JOUR T1 - Treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhoea in women with a combination of rifampicin and erythromycin. JF - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases JO - Br J Vener Dis SP - 309 LP - 311 DO - 10.1136/sti.60.5.309 VL - 60 IS - 5 AU - A J Boakes AU - P S Loo AU - G L Ridgway AU - S Tovey AU - J D Oriel Y1 - 1984/10/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/60/5/309.abstract N2 - One hundred women with uncomplicated gonorrhoea (in five cases due to penicillinase producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG)) were treated with a single oral dose of rifampicin 900 mg and erythromycin stearate 1 g. N gonorrhoeae was reisolated from the oropharynx of one patient, who was infected with a PPNG strain, but was eradicated from the genital tract in 100% of cases. The combination eradicated Chlamydia trachomatis from only 10 (28%) of the 36 patients infected. Side effects were predominantly mild and consisted of transient nausea. The treatment merits evaluation in areas with a high incidence of PPNG strains. ER -