You are screening antibiotic requests and note that a young adolescent is being treated with a single injection of 250mg ceftriaxone along with doxycycline 100mg BID for seven days.
Challenge: What's one possible infection this could be targeted at?
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Chlamydia + gonorrhea
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
how about epididymitis
yes! you are right
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This is an acceptable regimen for STD treatment; since Neisseria gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomitis infections often travel together, it is recommended to treat both at the same time.
Source: UpToDate.
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