Table 3.

Empiric antibiotic treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia during the ED encounter and gonorrhea and chlamydia testing result.

	White (N = 1,503)	Asian/other race (N = 214)	Black/African American (N = 14,482)	Total (N = 16,199)
Negative for both gonorrhea and chlamydia, and no empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (concordance)	1,237 (10.3%)	171 (1.4%)	10,610 (88.3%)	12,018
Negative test for both gonorrhea and chlamydia, and empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (discordance)	176 (6.9%)	28 (1.1%)	2,356 (92.0%)	2,560
Positive test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or both, and no empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (discordance)	62 (5.6%)	11 (1.0%)	1,040 (93.4%)	1,113
Positive test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or both, and empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (concordance)	28 (5.5%)	4 (0.8%)	476 (93.7%)	508