An experience of using minocycline for management of Chlamydia infection

At present the incidence rates of urogenital chlamydiosis maintain the leading positions among sexually transmitted infections. Special attention to this infection is conditioned by a high risk for development of complications on the part of the reproductive system in both women and men. The ability of Chlamydia to affect various tissues accounts for a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations of urogenital pathologies: urethritis, vulvovaginitis, cervicitis, endometritis, salpingitis, epididymitis, prostatitis, proctitis, and also extragenital forms of disease. Taking into account a possibility of transition of Chlamydia infection into a latent stage with subsequent development of a chronic persisting course, early and adequate management of infection is of considerable importance. Etiotropic therapy of Chlamydia infection employs antibacterial drugs capable of penetrating into cells. Tetracycline antibiotics are the most effective drugs of choice administered as part of complex thera