TABLE 2.
Characteristics of gonorrhea patients in large clusters at the STI Clinic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002 to 2003
| Characteristic | Value or type for cluster:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A3 | B4 | B7 | B9 | C3 | F5 | F6 | G1 | H2 | M2 | O2 | |
| No. of diagnoses | 27 | 29 | 35 | 41 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 28 |
| Median age in yrs (IQR) | 29 (26-38) | 34 (30-39) | 28 (23-36) | 36 (29-44) | 41 (28-54) | 30 (26-37) | 31 (23-37) | 22 (20-24) | 33 (29-39) | 34 (30-39) | 23 (21-41) |
| No. (%) of patients | |||||||||||
| Sexual orientation | |||||||||||
| MSMa | 22 (81) | 24 (83) | 16 (46) | 38 (93) | 3 (13) | 42 (86) | 21 (88) | 3 (10) | 28 (85) | 20 (100) | 0 |
| Heterosexual men | 5 (19) | 4 (14) | 15 (43) | 1 (2) | 17 (74) | 5 (10) | 3 (13) | 9 (31) | 4 (15) | 0 | 21 (75) |
| Heterosexual women | 0 | 1 (3) | 4 (11) | 2 (5) | 3 (13) | 2 (4) | 0 | 17 (59) | 0 | 0 | 7 (25) |
| Ethnic background | |||||||||||
| Dutch | 13 (48) | 16 (55) | 20 (57) | 29 (71) | 9 (39) | 29 (59) | 15 (63) | 15 (52) | 16 (59) | 15 (75) | 15 (54) |
| Surinamese/Antillean | 2 (7) | 1 (3) | 5 (14) | 1 (2) | 4 (17) | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 10 (35) | 0 (0) | 0 | 8 (29) |
| Otherb | 12 (44) | 12 (41) | 10 (29) | 11 (27) | 10 (44) | 19 (39) | 8 (33) | 4 (14) | 11 (41) | 5 (25) | 5 (18) |
| Coinfections | |||||||||||
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 6 (22) | 5 (17) | 8 (23) | 8 (20) | 5 (22) | 11 (22) | 7 (29) | 11 (38) | 10 (37) | 1 (5) | 9 (31) |
| Treponema pallidum | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 0 | 2 (5) | 1 (4) | 1 (2) | 1 (4) | 0 | 2 (7) | 1 (5) | 0 |
| HIV serostatus | |||||||||||
| Tested HIV seronegative | 3 (11) | 9 (31) | 10 (29) | 11 (27) | 3 (13) | 13 (27) | 3 (13) | 12 (41) | 7 (26) | 1 (5) | 9 (32) |
| Known/tested HIV seropositive | 7 (26) | 4 (14) | 2 (6) | 9 (22) | 2 (9) | 5 (10) | 2 (8) | 1 (3) | 6 (22) | 7 (35) | 0 |
| Unknown/not tested | 17 (63) | 16 (55) | 23 (66) | 21 (51) | 18 (78) | 31 (63) | 19 (79) | 16 (55) | 14 (52) | 12 (60) | 19 (68) |
| Total no. of patients | 27 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 49 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 26 |
| No. of isolates | 31 | 31 | 36 | 44 | 27 | 56 | 27 | 37 | 29 | 23 | 33 |
| Ciprofloxacin resistancec | S | S | S | S | S | S | R/S | S | S | S | S |
| Cluster typed | MSM | MSM | Mixed | MSM | HS | MSM | MSM | HS | MSM | MSM | HS |
a
MSM, men who have sex with men, including bisexual men.
b
Western and Eastern European, North American, Asian, Turkish, North African, African, and South American.
c
S, sensitive (MIC < 0.06); R, resistant (MIC > 1).
d
Cluster type based on sexual orientation. HS, heterosexual; Mixed, mixed heterosexual/MSM.