Table 1.
Comparison of Response to Therapy Between Treatment Arms, Determined 6 Months After Treatment
| Response type | Treatment arm, no. (%) of participants |
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| Not allergic to penicillin |
Allergic to penicillin |
Total | |||
| Benzathine penicillin | Azithromycin | Doxycycline | Azithromycin | ||
| (n = 231) | (n = 226) | (n = 9) | (n = 13) | (n = 479) | |
| Serological cure | 182 (78.8) | 177 (78.3) | 7 (77.8) | 10 (76.9) | 376 (78.5) |
| Serofast | 48 (20.8) | 46 (20.4) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (15.4) | 98 (20.5) |
| Treatment failure | 1 (0.4) | 3 (1.3) | 0 | 1 (7.7) | 5 (1.0) |