Clinical Trial: The Effect of Oral Azithromycin in the Treatment of Chlamydial Conjunctivitis

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: The Effect of Oral Azithromycin in the Treatment of Chlamydial Conjunctivitis

Brief Summary: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the major causes of sexually transmitted disease and also the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world.Treatment of C. trachomatis eye infection has involved for a long time. The efficacy of single dose azithromycin has already been demonstrated as effective in the treatment of both trachoma and adult inclusion conjunctivitis.However, in our clinical experience, some patients of chlamydial conjunctivitis may require augmented single dose azithromycin treatments before C. trachomatis is eradicated. In this way, we would like to known the efficacy of single dose and augmented single dose azithromycin in the treatment of chlamydial conjunctivitis.