Abstracts in Urgent Care – October 2021

Abstracts in Urgent Care – October 2021

Duration of UTI Treatment in Men Acute Respiratory Illness in Children Isopropyl Alcohol for Acute Nausea in Adults Neurological Events and Metronidazole Prescribing Do the Modified Sgarbossa Criteria Offer Advantages Over the Original? Safety of a Second COVID-19 Vaccination Dose in Patients Who Had a Reaction to the First How Long Should We Treat UTI in Men? Take-Home Point: In afebrile men with UTI symptoms, a 7-day course of ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole was noninferior to …

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Abstracts in Urgent Care: February, 2016

SEAN M. McNEELEY, MD Azithromycin Versus Doxycycline for Chlamydia Key point: Azithromycin is a little less effective than doxycycline for chlamydia. Citation: Geisler WM, Uniyal A, Lee JY, et al. Azithromycin versus doxycycline for urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection. N Engl J Med. 2015;373:2512–2521. This study of a population in a youth correctional facility compared the effectiveness of azithromycin with doxycycline in the treatment of chlamydia. A total of 567 participants were randomized to regimens of …

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