TABLE 5.
Patients infected with multiple N. gonorrhoeae strains and recidivists at the STI Clinic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002 to 2003
| Characteristica | Value for:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Patients carrying multiple strains | Recidivists | |
| No. of typed isolates | 121 | 83 |
| No. of large clusters represented among isolates | 11 | 9 |
| Gonorrhea patients | ||
| Age (yr) | ||
| Median | 30 | 33 |
| IQR | 23-35 | 26-38 |
| No. of questionnaires completed by patients | 57 | 73 |
| No. (%) of patients | ||
| Total | 52 (100) | 35 (100) |
| Sexual orientation | ||
| MSM | 38 (73) | 25 (71) |
| Heterosexual men | 0 | 10 (29) |
| Heterosexual women | 14 (27) | 0 |
| Ethnic background | ||
| Dutch | 36 (69) | 21 (60) |
| Surinamese/Antillean | 5 (10) | 2 (6) |
| Other | 11 (21) | 12 (34) |
| Coinfections | ||
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 14 (27) | 9 (26) |
| Treponema pallidum | 0 | 3 (9) |
| HIV serostatus | ||
| Tested HIV seronegative | 10 (19) | 5 (14) |
| Known/tested HIV seropositive | 9 (17) | 9 (26) |
| Unknown/not tested | 33 (64) | 21 (60) |
| Partners | ||
| No. (%) of reported traceable partners | 107 (100) | 114 (100) |
| Steady partners | 34 (32) | 37 (33) |
| Ethnic background | ||
| Dutch | 71 (66) | 74 (65) |
| Surinamese/Antillean | 13 (12) | 11 (10) |
| Other | 23 (21) | 29 (25) |
| HIV serostatus | ||
| Known HIV seronegative | 24 (22) | 31 (27) |
| Known HIV seropositive | 10 (9) | 16 (14) |
| HIV serostatus unknown | 73 (68) | 67 (59) |
| Use of Internet | 22 (21) | 16 (14) |
| Sex abroad | 11 (10) | 6 (5) |
| No. (%) of reported nontraceable partners | 1,072 (100) | 1,016 (100) |
| Anal intercourse | 464 (43) | 445 (44) |
| Unprotected | 101 (22) | 264 (59) |
| Vaginal intercourse | 312 (29)b | 32 (3) |
| Unprotected | 306 (98) | 2 (6) |
| HIV serostatus | ||
| Known HIV seronegative | 19 (2) | 9 (1) |
| Known HIV seropositive | 24 (2) | 36 (4) |
| Unknown HIV serostatus | 1,029 (96) | 971 (96) |
| Use of Internet | 269 (25) | 231 (23) |
| Locations of encounters | ||
| Dark rooms of known venues | 206 (19) | 147 (15) |
| Cruising places/parks | 27 (3) | 201 (20) |
| Sex parties | 66 (6) | 63 (6) |
| At home | 324 (30) | 236 (23) |
| Other locations | 380 (35) | 231 (23) |
a
Also see Table 2 footnotes for definitions.
b
One heterosexual patient reported unprotected vaginal sex with 300 nontraceable partners.