A 21-year-old sexually active woman presents to a GP clinic with a positive nucleic acid amplification test for Chlamydia trachomatis following screen...

Question

A 21-year-old sexually active woman presents to a GP clinic with a positive nucleic acid amplification test for Chlamydia trachomatis following screening. She is asymptomatic and not pregnant. What is the recommended first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Doxycycline 100 mg orally, twice daily for 7 days

Answer

Azithromycin 1 g orally as a single dose

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Ceftriaxone 500 mg IM as a single dose

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Metronidazole 2 g orally as a single dose

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Amoxicillin 500 mg orally, three times daily for 7 days

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Chlamydia infection

A 21-year-old sexually active woman presents to a GP clinic with a positive nucleic acid amplification test for Chlamydia trachomatis following screening. She is asymptomatic and not pregnant. What is the recommended first-line treatment?