A 22-year-old woman presents with dysuria and intermenstrual bleeding. Nucleic acid amplification test from a vulvovaginal swab is positive for Chlamy...

Question

A 22-year-old woman presents with dysuria and intermenstrual bleeding. Nucleic acid amplification test from a vulvovaginal swab is positive for Chlamydia trachomatis. She is not pregnant and has no allergies. What is the recommended first-line antibiotic treatment?

Accepted Answer

Doxycycline 100 mg orally twice daily for 7 days

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Azithromycin 1 g orally as a single dose

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Erythromycin 500 mg twice daily for 7 days

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Metronidazole 400 mg twice daily for 7 days

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Ciprofloxacin 500 mg twice daily for 3 days

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Uncomplicated genital Chlamydia infection

A 22-year-old woman presents with dysuria and intermenstrual bleeding. Nucleic acid amplification test from a vulvovaginal swab is positive for Chlamydia trachomatis. She is not pregnant and has no allergies. What is the recommended first-line antibiotic treatment?