Can penicillin treat chlamydia?

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9 Aug 2009

from http://www.drugs.com/enc/chlamydia.html

The mainstay of therapy for chlamydia includes appropriate antibiotic treatment -- these include: tetracyclines, azithromycin or erythromycin.

Amoxicillin (a penicillin) is used for the treatment of chlamydia infections in pregnant women.

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