The Efficacy of Ceftriaxone With Doxycycline Versus Ofloxacine in the Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Outpatient Treatment

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, which occurs in female upper genital tract, is a common problem which women face the gynecologists in their outpatient department because of it. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of ceftriaxone with doxycycline versus ofloxacine in the outpatient treatment of those women came to gynecologic clinic in Sanandaj in 2003. For prevention of PID, treatment of upper genital tract is necessary. Early diagnosis and treatment of PID prevents from complications. Forty women with clinical symptoms & signs of pelvic inflammatory disease were randomized (Block Randomization) in two equal groups getting ceftriaxone and doxycycline (group A) and ofloxacine (group B). These women were in fertility age, married and nobody had systemic disease or history of antibiotic medication. This study was single blind randomized clinical trial. Checklist and physical examination made the collection of data. Analysis of data has been done in SPSS.win software and were demonstrated with 2 test and paired t-test. There was significant reduction in severity of disease in these two groups. But there was not statistically significant difference in these groups. The results indicated that the efficacy of these two regimens was equal in management of pelvic inflammatory disease.