Prescription of Antibiotics to Treat Gonorrhoea in General Practice in Flanders 2009–2013: A Registry-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 4
Prescription of ceftriaxone, spectinomycin, and/or azithromycin for gonorrhoea cases registered in Flemish general practice 2009–2013 , Intego database; in brackets (): number of cases with chlamydia coinfection; in double brackets (()): number of cases with genital trichomonas coinfection.
2009
2009 (%)
2010
2010 (%)
2011
2011 (%)
2012
2012 (%)
2013
2013 (%)
Total
Total number of gonorrhoea cases recorded
15 (1)
22 (2)
17 (4)
21 (3)
16 ((1))
91 (10) ((1))
No antibiotic recorded
1
7%
5
23%
0
0%
4
19%
3
19%
13
Prescribed antibiotic(s) include
Ceftriaxone
0
0%
3
14%
6 (2)
35%
6 (2)
29%
9
56%
24 (4)
Spectinomycin
2 (1)
13%
1
5%
2 (1)
12%
4
19%
0
0%
9 (2)
Ceftriaxone and spectinomycin
0
0%
0
0%
1 (1)
6%
1
5%
0
0%
2 (1)
Ceftriaxone and/or spectinomycin
2 (1)
13%
4
18%
7 (2)
41%
9 (2)
43%
9
56%
31 (5)
Azithromycin
2
13%
2
9%
6 (3)
35%
7 (3)
33%
10 ((1))
63%
27 (6) ((1))
Ceftriaxone and/or spectinomycin together with azithromycin
