TY - JOUR
T1 - Chlorhexidine mouthwash fails to eradicate oropharyngeal gonorrhea in a clinical pilot trial (MoNg)
AU - Van Dijck, Christophe
AU - Tsoumanis, Achilleas
AU - De Hondt, Annelies
AU - Cuylaerts, Vicky
AU - Laumen, Jolein
AU - Van Herrewege, Yven
AU - Florence, Eric
AU - De Baetselier, Irith
AU - Kenyon, Chris
N1 - NPP; Copyright ©2021 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - ABSTRACT: This single-arm open-label pilot trial in Antwerp, Belgium was ended early in accordance with the protocol since twice daily gargling with chlorhexidine 0.2% for six days failed to eradicate Neisseria gonorrhoeae from the oropharynx of asymptomatic men who have sex with men (n = 3, efficacy of 0%, 95% CI 0 - 56.1%).
AB - ABSTRACT: This single-arm open-label pilot trial in Antwerp, Belgium was ended early in accordance with the protocol since twice daily gargling with chlorhexidine 0.2% for six days failed to eradicate Neisseria gonorrhoeae from the oropharynx of asymptomatic men who have sex with men (n = 3, efficacy of 0%, 95% CI 0 - 56.1%).
U2 - 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001515
DO - 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001515
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 34282741
SN - 0148-5717
VL - 49
SP - e38-e41
JO - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
JF - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
IS - 2
ER -