infections
Chlamydia and Other Nongonococcal Infections
Treatment of Chlamydia
An antibiotic Simultaneous treatment of sex partners Chlamydial, ureaplasmal, and mycoplasmal infections are treated with one of the following antibiotics: A single dose ofazithromycintaken by mouth Doxycycline,erythromycin,levofloxacin, orofloxacintaken by mouth for 7 days If Gonorrhea is possible, that is treated at the same time, usually with an antibiotic given as an injection. Such treatment is needed because the symptoms of the two infections are similar and it is common to have both infections at the same time. Symptoms may persist or return for one of the following reasons: Other infections that are also present may be causing the symptoms. People may have become infected again. The chlamydiae may be resistant to antibiotics. In such cases, tests for chlamydia and gonorrhea are repeated, and sometimes tests for other infections are done. Infected people and their sex partners should abstain from sexual intercourse until at least 1 week after they have completed treatment. All sex partners who have had sexual contact with infected people in the past 60 days should be tested for chlamydia and other STIs and, if positive, should be treated. If sex partners were exposed to chlamydia within the past 2 weeks, they are treated for it without waiting for test results. Expedited partner therapyis an option doctors sometimes use to make it easier for sex partners to be treated. This approach involves giving people with chlamydia a prescription or medications to give to their partner. Thus, the sex partner is treated, even if they have not yet seen a doctor. Seeing a doctor is better because then the doctor can check for allergies to medications and the presence of other STIs. However, if the partner is unlikely to see a doctor, expedited partner therapy is useful. 