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. 2013 Oct 25;2013(10):CD004785. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004785.pub5

1. Carrier rates.

Study ID Comparison Study population % carriers (N)
Blakebrough 1980 Rifampin versus sulphadimidine Household contacts 17 (479)
Borgono 1981 Rifampin versus placebo Children 12 (2132)
Cuevas 1995 Rifampin versus ciprofloxacin versus ceftriaxone Household contacts 11 (1875)
Deal 1969b Rifampin versus placebo Students 14.4 (270)
Deal 1969a Cephalexin versus placebo Students 9.4 (352)
Devine 1970b Rifampin versus placebo Military recruits 64 (103)
Devine 1971a Minocycline versus placebo Military recruits 72 (121)
Devine 1970a Coumermycin A1 versus placebo Military recruits 55 (129)
Dworzack 1988 Ciprofloxacin versus placebo Volunteers 6.7 (620)
Girgis 1998 Azithromycin versus placebo Students 24 (500)
Guttler 1971 Rifampin versus minocycline Military recruits 21 (587)
Kaiser 1974 Rifampin versus placebo Household contacts 35 (54)
Kaya 1997 Ciprofloxacin versus rifampin Hospital staff 18 (300)
Munford 1974 Rifampin versus minocycline versus minocycline/rifampin versus sulphadiazine Household contacts 25 (1187)
Pugsley 1984 Sch 29,482 versus placebo Volunteers 25 (555)
Pugsley 1987 Ciprofloxacin versus placebo Students 7 (461)
Renkonen 1987 Ciprofloxacin versus placebo Military recruits 38.6 (552)
Schwartz 1988 Rifampin versus ceftriaxone Household contacts 33 (347)
Simmons 2000 Rifampin versus ceftriaxone Household contacts 21 (864)