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

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) as a group have been identified as playing an important role in gonorrhoea management in Flanders. Belgian guidelines recommended ceftriaxone or alternatively spectinomycin from 2008 onwards and azithromycin combination therapy since 2012.

Objectives

This study investigates to which extent contemporary gonorrhoea treatment guidelines were followed.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study (2009-2013) of antibiotic prescriptions for gonorrhoea cases registered in the Flemish Intego general practice database was carried out. The database is based on electronic health record routine registration by over 90 GPs using the software programme Medidoc.

Results

Ninety-one gonorrhoea cases with ten chlamydia and one genital trichomonas

SUBMITTER: Schweikardt C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555009 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature