A 34-year-old with symptomatic urethral gonorrhea receives ceftriaxone 500 mg IM once. Which concurrent treatment is appropriate if chlamydia has not ...

Question

A 34-year-old with symptomatic urethral gonorrhea receives ceftriaxone 500 mg IM once. Which concurrent treatment is appropriate if chlamydia has not been excluded?

Accepted Answer

Add doxycycline 100 mg PO bid for 7 days

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Add azithromycin 2 g PO once

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No additional therapy

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Add metronidazole 2 g PO once

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Add levofloxacin 500 mg PO daily for 7 days

"us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Gonorrhea/Chlamydia Co-treatment

A 34-year-old with symptomatic urethral gonorrhea receives ceftriaxone 500 mg IM once. Which concurrent treatment is appropriate if chlamydia has not been excluded?