SummaryA double-blind, randomised study was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of a combination of pefloxacin and metronidazole versus doxycycline and metronidazole in patients with pelvic inflamma tory disease (PID). The clinical diagnosis had to be confirmed by laparoscopy before patients were includ ed. Of the 74 patients who fulfilled the clinical criteria for PID, laparoscopy confirmed the diagnosis in only 40 patients (54%). The microorganism most frequently found as causative pathogen was Chlamydia trachomatis. Both treatment groups showed a good response to the study-medication. At discharge 9 patients in the pefloxacin group (45%) were cured and 10 patients (50%) had improved. In the doxycycline group 7 patients (35%) were cured and 10 patients (50%) had improved. Obviously pefloxacin/metroni dazole and doxycycline/metronidazole are equally effective in the treatment of PID.

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