An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
An oral antibiotic tablet used to treat common eye infections may prove an effective medicine for a sexually transmitted bug that has become resistant to usual recommended treatment, suggest doctors in the journalThey successfully treated a young man with Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis with chloramphenicol.to first- and second-choice drugs used to treat this infection, while there's currently no strong evidence for third-choice options, say the authors.
The young man initially turned up at the clinic with 2-day old symptoms, a fortnight after having unprotected sex with a casual partner. Their decision was prompted by the ready availability of the drug and by test tube evidence showing that chloramphenicol stopped M. genitalium in its tracks. This is just one case, and the findings should be taken in that context. But the authors note,"When considering what to choose after first- and second-line treatment failure, there is a lack of novel agents readily available in the UK, and a paucity of data to underpin recommendations."
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