Table 1.

Principal results comparing use of an antimicrobial resistance point-of-care test (AMR POCT) for ciprofloxacin (scenario 3a) or penicillin resistance (scenario 3b) against current testing practice (standard laboratory testing, no POCT) for the management of gonorrhoea (scenario 1), assuming the current attendance at genitourinary medicine clinic annually

	Heterosexual male	MSM	Female	Overall
Considering use of POCT test for ciprofloxacin resistance
Annual ceftriaxone treatments
Current (scenario 1)	7690	17 691	8050	33 431
AMR POCT (scenario 3a)	2188	7933	1257	11 378
Reduction under scenario 3a	5502	9759	6793	22 054
Percentage reduction in ceftriaxone	72	55	84	66
Proportion treated same day (%)
Current (scenario 1)	68	63	21	54
AMR POCT (scenario 3a)	100	100	100	100
Increase under scenario 3a	32	37	79	46
Mean time to treatment (days)
Current (scenario 1)	1.5	1.8	3.9	2.2
AMR POCT (scenario 3a)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reduction under scenario 3a	1.5	1.8	3.9	2.2
Persons lost to follow-up (untreated)
Current (scenario 1)	125	338	329	792
AMR POCT (scenario 3a)	0	0	0	0
Considering use of POCT test for penicillin resistance
Annual ceftriaxone treatments*
Current (scenario 1)	7690	17 691	8050	33 431
AMR POCT (scenario 3b)	1407	4688	838	6932
Reduction under scenario 3b	6283	13 004	7212	26 499
Percentage reduction in ceftriaxone	82	74	90	79

*All other outcomes same as for use of POCT for ciprofloxacin resistance. Results for strategy 2 not shown: equivalent to strategy 3 except for choice of antibiotic treatment. Results for 3b also equivalent to 3a for outcomes except reduction in ceftriaxone treatments.

MSM, men who have sex with men.