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Differing effects of azithromycin and doxycycline on cytokines in cells from Chlamydia trachomatis-infected women.

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:Chlamydial infection of the lower genital tract usually spreads to the upper genital tract and is then responsible for more serious consequences, such as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, pelvic pain, and pelvic inflammatory disease. Genital infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and the resulting cytokine response largely determines the outcome of infection and disease. To date, studies showing comparative effects of azithromycin and doxycycline treatment for C. trachomatis infection in women with reproductive sequelae like infertility and their effect on immune molecules like cytokines are lacking. Hence, our objective was to study the effect of azithromycin and doxycycline in vitro on cytokines in cells from C. trachomatis-positive fertile and infertile women as well as their efficacy in C. trachomatis infection. Fertile and infertile women with primary and recurrent C. trachomatis infection attending the gynecology outpatient department of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India, were enrolled. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was performed for evaluating cytokines in cells stimulated with chlamydial elementary bodies (EBs) in the presence and absence of antibiotics (azithromycin and doxycycline). C. trachomatis-infected women were also followed up to assess the efficacy of azithromycin and doxycycline. We observed inhibition of cytokines (interleukin [IL]-1beta (β), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha) in the presence of azithromycin in EB-stimulated cells from both fertile and infertile women with primary and recurrent C. trachomatis infection. However, in presence of doxycycline, inhibition of cytokines (IL-1β and IL-6) was only observed in stimulated cells from fertile women with primary C. trachomatis infection. The clinical efficacy of azithromycin was also better than doxycycline in recurrent C. trachomatis infection in women with complications such as infertility. Overall, this study suggests that azithromycin treatment with broader immunomodulatory effects may be preferable to doxycycline for the treatment of recurrent C. trachomatis infection associated with infertility.

journal_name

DNA Cell Biol

journal_title

DNA and cell biology

authors

Srivastava P,Bhengraj AR,Jha HC,Vardhan H,Jha R,Singh LC,Salhan S,Mittal A

doi

10.1089/dna.2011.1333

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-03-01 00:00:00

pages

392-401

issue

eissn

1044-5498

issn

1557-7430

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Differing effects of azithromycin and doxycycline on cytokines in cells from Chlamydia trachomatis-infected women.