Comparing 10-day and 4-month doxycycline courses for treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis-reactive arthritis: A prospective, double-blind trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1521-1524

  Putschky, N ^a   Pott, H G ^a   Kuipers, J G ^b   Zeidler, H ^c   Hammer, M ^d   Wollenhaupt, J ^e  

^a Rheumatologikum Hannover   (Germany)

^b Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Division of Rheumatology   (Germany)

^e Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750283693     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.045484     Document Type: Article

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