TABLE 1.

Positivity Rates and Treatment Outcomes Among Women With Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections Seen at STD Clinics in 3 US Cities, 2002

	Washington, DC (1 of 1 clinic)	Los Angeles (3 of 13 clinics)	San Diego (main clinic)
Chlamydia trachomatis
Positive/tested (%)	149/2607 (5.7)*	522/3764 (13.9)†	131/2203 (5.9)†
% Infected women presumptively treated	91%	79%	69%
Infected women requiring follow-up treatment, per month‡	1.1	9.3	3.4
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Positive/tested (%)	151/2609 (5.8)*	129/3917 (3.3)†	27/2043 (1.3)†
% Infected women presumptively treated	93%	58%	63%
Infected women requiring follow-up treatment per months‡	0.8	4.5	0.8

^*Testing performed with DNA probe test.

^†Testing performed with nucleic acid amplification test.

^‡Women coinfected with C trachomatis and N gonorrhoeae were included in both study groups.