Table 3.
Microbiological analysis and antibiotics prescription reported by general practitioners 2007–2017, N = 1733 (n (%))
| 2007 n = 102 | 2008 n = 135 | 2009 n = 177 | 2010 n = 149 | 2011 n = 133 | 2012 n = 161 | 2013 n = 155 | 2014 n = 145 | 2015 n = 194 | 2016 n = 199 | 2017 n = 183 | Total N = 1733 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microbiological analysis prescriptions (missing values: 52) | 66 | (65.3) | 73 | (54.9) | 103 | (59.5) | 104 | (72.2) | 90 | (69.8) | 104 | (66.2) | 116 | (75.8) | 107 | (77.0) | 144 | (78.7) | 163 | (87.2) | 150 | (82.4) | 1220 | (72.6) |
| Proportion of positive NG cases (missing values: 500) | 4 | (14.3) | 14 | (26.9) | 11 | (24.4) | 16 | (30.2) | 19 | (38.8) | 26 | (45.6) | 29 | (42.0) | 26 | (33.8) | 34 | (34.7) | 26 | (27.1) | 29 | (30.2) | 234/720 | (32.5) |
| Proportion of positive CT cases (missing values: 489) | 13 | (41.9) | 13 | (24.1) | 17 | (37.0) | 19 | (36.5) | 19 | (41.3) | 16 | (32.0) | 26 | (37.7) | 30 | (39.5) | 31 | (31.3) | 40 | (38.1) | 54 | (52.4) | 278/731 | (38.0) |
| Proportion of positive TV cases (missing values:597) | 2 | (6.9) | 2 | (3.9) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (4.2) | 0 | (0) | 6 | (12) | 1 | (1.7) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (3.8) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 16/623 | (2.6) |
| Antibiotics prescriptions (missing values: 267) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3GC + (macrolide or tetracycline) | dnc | dnc | 27 | (17.5) | 20 | (17.2) | 32 | (30.5) | 47 | (33.8) | 55 | (38.4) | 52 | (43.0) | 57 | (38.3) | 56 | (35.7) | 47 | (32.4) | 393 | (32.0) | ||
| Macrolide | dnc | dnc | 32 | (20.8) | 17 | (14.7) | 21 | (20.0) | 27 | (19.4) | 27 | (18.9) | 30 | (24.8) | 30 | (20.1) | 44 | (28.0) | 59 | (40.7) | 287 | (23.4) | ||
| Fluoroquinolone | dnc | dnc | 46 | (29.9) | 32 | (27.6) | 17 | (16.2) | 22 | (15.8) | 14 | (9.8) | 15 | (12.4) | 17 | (11.4) | 17 | (10.8) | 13 | (9.0) | 193 | (15.7) | ||
| Tetracycline | dnc | dnc | 20 | (13.0) | 16 | (13.8) | 8 | (7.6) | 13 | (9.4) | 16 | (11.2) | 3 | (2.5) | 11 | (7.4) | 14 | (8.9) | 10 | (6.9) | 111 | (9.0) | ||
| Others | dnc | dnc | 29 | (18.8) | 31 | (26.7) | 27 | (25.7) | 30 | (21.6) | 31 | (21.7) | 21 | (17.3) | 34 | (22.8) | 26 | (16.3) | 16 | (11.0) | 245 | (19.9) | ||
dnc, Data not collected; 3GC: third-generation cephalosporin; others: aminoside/aminoside +3GC/aminoside + macrolide/aminoside + tetracycline/3GC/3GC + fluoroquinolone/3GC + fluoroquinolone + cycline/3GC + macrolide + fluoroquinolone/3GC + macrolide + imidazole/3GC + macrolide + tetracycline/3GCG + penicillin/fosfomycin/imidazole/macrolide +2GC/macrolide + fluoroquinolone/macrolide + imidazole/macrolide + tetracycline/nitrofurane/penicillin/penicillin-clavulanic acid/penicillin-clavulanic acid + fluoroquinolone/penicillin-clavulanic acid + macrolide/quinolone/streptogramines/trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole + macrolide/tetracycline + fluoroquinolone/tetracycline + imidazole; NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; CT, Chlamydia trachomatis; Sentinelles network, France; Entires in boldface are total for the period 2007-2017