Table 2.
Treatment and investigation of cases managed within practice only.
| n(% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All, n = 6943 | Aged <35 years, n = 2726 | Aged ≥35 years, n = 4217 | P-value for difference between age groups | |
| Treatment | ||||
| Antibiotic recommended for Chlamydia trachomatis | ||||
| Doxycycline | 1270 (18.3) | 541 (19.9) | 729 (17.3) | 0.007 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 2511 (36.2) | 941 (34.5) | 1570 (37.2) | 0.022 |
| Ofloxacin | 224 (3.2) | 88 (3.2) | 136 (3.2) | 0.990 |
| Ceftriaxone | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Any one of the abovea | 3859 (55.6) | 1514 (55.5) | 2345 (55.6) | 0.980 |
| Other UTI antibioticb | 2045 (29.4) | 796 (28.9) | 1249 (29.6) | 0.720 |
| Any other antibioticb | 508 (7.3) | 212 (7.8) | 296 (7.0) | 0.230 |
| Any antibiotica | 6412 (92.4) | 2522 (92.5) | 3890 (92.3) | 0.640 |
| Investigation | ||||
| Chlamydia test | 180 (2.6) | 120 (4.4) | 60 (1.4) | <0.001 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae test | 4 (0.06) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.02) | 0.146 |
| Any microbial test | 649 (9.4) | 284 (10.4) | 365 (8.7) | 0.014 |
| Urine testc | 1507 (21.7) | 547 (20.1) | 960 (22.7) | 0.008 |
a
Total of rows above.
b
Excludes all antibiotics in preceding rows of tables.
c
Bacterial urine testing, including dipstick tests and midstream urinalysis. UTI = urinary tract infection.