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Clinical Trial
. 1979 Dec;16(6):855-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.16.6.855.

Chlorhexidine as an effective agent against Chlamydia trachomatis in vitro and in vivo

I T Nisbet, D M Graham, P E Spicer, G J Tibbs
Clinical Trial

Chlorhexidine as an effective agent against Chlamydia trachomatis in vitro and in vivo

I T Nisbet et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1979 Dec.

Abstract

In a small field trial, chlorhexidine (50 micrograms/ml) was as effective against clinical trachoma as topical tetracyclines or oral co-trimoxazole; in vitro, 2.5 micrograms/ml was chlamydicidal.

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