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The aim of the audit was to assess the need for a microbiological test of cure for gonorrhoea when a sensitive antibiotic has been used. All cases of gonorrhoea attending our clinic in 2001 were reviewed. One hundred and seventy-three cases were diagnosed, 137 men and 36 women. Of the 126 cases where tests of cure were taken, none were positive from an infective site when a sensitive antibiotic was used. Cases of gonorrhoea from year 2000 were then analysed for test of cure. Of 125 tests of cure again none were positive. These results question the need for routine tests of cure which current national guidelines state are usually performed in UK practice. The implications of abandoning a test of cure visit are discussed.
Author(s): Holland TM, Hussey J, Pattman RS, Sankar KN, Faldon CM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of STD & AIDS
Year: 2003
Volume: 14
Issue: 9
Pages: 630-631
ISSN (print): 0956-4624
ISSN (electronic): 1758-1052
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/095646203322301103
DOI: 10.1258/095646203322301103
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