Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Research Article

Prescription of Antibiotics to Treat Gonorrhoea in General Practice in Flanders 2009–2013: A Registry-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Systemic antibiotic prescriptions () for gonorrhoea cases recorded in general practice (), 2009–2013, Intego database; in brackets (): number of coinfections of gonorrhoea and chlamydia, in double brackets (()): number of coinfections of gonorrhoea and genital trichomonas, in square brackets : age class (1: <15 years, 2: 15–24 years, 3: 25–44 years, 4: 45+ years); c, after the age class signifies coinfection of gonorrhoea-chlamydia, t, after the age class signifies coinfection of gonorrhoea-trichomonas.

(a) Male cases


	ATC code of antibiotic 1/antibiotic substance 1	ATC code of antibiotic 2/antibiotic substance 2	ATC code of antibiotic 3/antibiotic substance 3	ATC code of antibiotic 4/antibiotic substance 4	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total

Total number of gonorrhoea cases recorded					14 (1)	20 (2)	15 (4)	16 (2)	11	76 (9)

No antibiotic recorded					1[2]	4[2,3,3,3]	0	2[2, 3]	2[3, 3]	9

One antibiotic recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone				0	0	0	2	0	2
	J01DC02 Cefuroxime				0	0	0	0	1	1
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin				0	0	0	1	0	1
	J01FA10 Azithromycin				1	1	0	1 (1)	1	4 (1)
	J01AA02 Doxycycline				0	2	1 (1)	1	0	4 (1)
	J01CA04 Amoxicillin J01CF05 Flucloxacillin J01CR02 Amoxicillin and enzyme inhibitor				0	2	1	1	0	4
	J01MA01 Ofloxacin J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin J01MA12 Levofloxacin J01MA14 Moxifloxacin				3	5 (1)	3	1	0	12 (1)

One antibiotic, number of cases					4	10 (1)	5 (1)	7 (1)	2	28 (3)

Two different antibiotics recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01FA10 Azithromycin			0	0	2 (1)	1 (1)	5	8 (2)
	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01AA02 Doxycycline			0	1	0	0	0	1
	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin			0	0	2	0	1	3
	J01DC02 Cefuroxime	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin			1	0	0	0	0	1
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01FA10 Azithromycin			0	0	0	1	0	1
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin			0	0	1	0	0	1
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01AA02 Doxycycline			0	1	0	0	0	1
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01CA04 Amoxicillin			1	0	0	0	0	1
	J01FA01Erythromycin	J01AA02Doxycycline			0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)
	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01AA02 Doxycycline			0	0	0	1	0	1
	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01CR02 Amoxicillin and enzyme inhibitor			0	0	1	0	0	1
	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01MA01 Ofloxacin			0	0	0	0	1	1
	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin			0	0	2 (1)	0	0	2 (1)
	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin	J01CA04 Amoxicillin			1]	0	0	0	0	1
	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin	J01AA02 Doxycycline			4	0	0	1	0	5
	J01MA12 Levofloxacin	J01CA04 Amoxicillin			0	1	0	0	0	1
	P01AB01 Metronidazole	J01AA02 Doxycycline			0	0	1	0	0	1

Two antibiotics, number of cases					7	4 (1)	9 (2)	4 (1)	7	31 (4)

Three different antibiotics recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01FA10 Azithromycin		0	0	0	1	0	1
	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin		0	1	0	0	0	1
	J01DD01 Cefotaxime	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01AA02 Doxycycline		0	0	0	1	0	1
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01MA12 Levofloxacin	P01AB01 Metronidazole		1 (1)	0	0	0	0	1 (1)
	J01MA12 Levofloxacin	J01AA02 Doxycycline	J01CA04 Amoxicillin		0	1	0	0	0	1

Three antibiotics, annual number of cases					1 (1)	2	0	2	0	5 (1)

Four different antibiotics recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01XE01 Nitrofurantoin	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	1 (1)
	J01XX04 Spectinomycin	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin	J01AA02 Doxycycline	P01AB01 Metronidazole	0	0	0	1	0	1
	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01MA01 Ofloxacin	J01MA02 Ciprofloxacin	J01AA02 Doxycycline	1	0	0	0	0	1

Four antibiotics, annual number of cases					1	0	1 (1)	1	0	3 (1)

(b) Female cases


	ATC code of antibiotic 1/antibiotic substance 1	ATC code of antibiotic 2/antibiotic substance 2	ATC code of antibiotic 3/antibiotic substance 3	ATC code of antibiotic 4/antibiotic substance 4	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total

Total number of female cases recorded					1	2	2	5 (1)	5 ((1))	15 (1) ((1))

No antibiotic recorded					0	1[2]	0	2[2, 3]	1[2]	4

One antibiotic recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone				0	1	1	1	1	4
One antibiotic recorded	J01CA04 Amoxicillin				1	0	1	1	0	3

Number of cases, one antibiotic recorded					1	1	2	2	1	7

Two antibiotics recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01FA10 Azithromycin			0	0	0	0	1	1
Two antibiotics recorded	J01FA10 Azithromycin	P01AB01 Metronidazole			0	0	0	0	1 ((1))	1 ((1))

Number of two antibiotics recorded					0	0	0	0	2 ((1))	2 ((1))

Three antibiotics recorded	J01DD04 Ceftriaxone	J01FA10 Azithromycin	J01XE01 Nitrofurantoin		0	0	0	1 (1)[2c]	1[3]	2 (1)