A 23-year-old woman presents with lower abdominal pain, dyspareunia and offensive vaginal discharge. On examination she has cervical motion tenderness...

Question

A 23-year-old woman presents with lower abdominal pain, dyspareunia and offensive vaginal discharge. On examination she has cervical motion tenderness. She is not pregnant. What is the most appropriate empirical outpatient treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?

Accepted Answer

Oral Doxycycline plus Metronidazole with a single intramuscular dose of Ceftriaxone

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Single-dose intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin

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Oral Nitrofurantoin alone for 7 days

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Oral Fluconazole single dose

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No antibiotics – await swab results

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Pelvic inflammatory disease

A 23-year-old woman presents with lower abdominal pain, dyspareunia and offensive vaginal discharge. On examination she has cervical motion tenderness. She is not pregnant. What is the most appropriate empirical outpatient treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?