Table 1. Characteristics of patients included in the study on antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates, Barcelona, Spain, 2013−2017 (n = 1,979 patients).
| Characteristics | 2013 | 2014a | 2015b | 2016 | 2017 | TOTALc | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Numbers of patients and isolatesd | ||||||||||||
| Isolates | 329 | 100 | 340 | 100 | 339 | 100 | 447 | 100 | 581 | 100 | 2,036 | 100 |
| Patients | 321 | 100 | 326 | 100 | 328 | 100 | 423 | 100 | 581 | 100 | 1,979 | 100 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Men | 303 | 94.4 | 306 | 93.9 | 320 | 97.6 | 400 | 94.6 | 559 | 96.2 | 1,888 | 95.4 |
| Women | 18 | 5.6 | 18 | 5.5 | 8 | 2.4 | 23 | 5.4 | 22 | 3.8 | 89 | 4.5 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Age in years | ||||||||||||
| < 20 | NA | NA | 14 | 6.1 | 9 | 2.8 | 12 | 2.8 | 9 | 1.5 | 44 | 2.8 |
| 20–29 | NA | NA | 73 | 31.7 | 118 | 36.8 | 153 | 36.2 | 236 | 40.6 | 580 | 37.3 |
| 30–39 | NA | NA | 91 | 39.6 | 121 | 37.7 | 167 | 39.5 | 214 | 36.8 | 593 | 38.1 |
| 40–49 | NA | NA | 39 | 17.0 | 52 | 16.2 | 68 | 16.1 | 84 | 14.5 | 243 | 15.6 |
| ≥ 50 | NA | NA | 13 | 5.7 | 21 | 6.5 | 23 | 5.4 | 38 | 6.5 | 95 | 6.1 |
| Median (range) | NA | NA | 32 (14–74) | NA | 32 (14–72) | NA | 32 (4–75) | NA | 31 (5–75) | NA | 32 (4–75) | NA |
| Clinical setting | ||||||||||||
| Drassanes STI unit | 214 | 66.7 | 232 | 71.2 | 209 | 63.7 | 275 | 65.0 | 362 | 62.3 | 1,292 | 65.3 |
| Primary healthcare units | 90 | 28.0 | 76 | 23.3 | 100 | 30.5 | 118 | 27.9 | 189 | 32.5 | 573 | 29 |
| Other HUVH departments | 17 | 5.3 | 18 | 5.5 | 19 | 5.8 | 30 | 7.1 | 30 | 5.2 | 114 | 5.8 |
| Specimen | ||||||||||||
| Urethral/balanoprepucial | 261 | 79.3 | 245 | 72.1 | 274 | 80.8 | 365 | 81.7 | 453 | 78.0 | 1,598 | 78.5 |
| Rectal | 38 | 11.6 | 53 | 15.6 | 48 | 14.2 | 56 | 12.5 | 88 | 15.1 | 283 | 13.9 |
| Endocervical/vaginal | 16 | 4.9 | 11 | 3.2 | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 4.7 | 11 | 1.9 | 69 | 3.4 |
| Pharynx | 10 | 3.0 | 11 | 3.2 | 7 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.1 | 29 | 5.0 | 62 | 3.0 |
| Othere | 4 | 1.2 | 20 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 1.2 |
HUVH: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital; NA: not available; STI: sexually transmitted infection.
a Age data available from 230 patients (from April 2014 to December 2014).
b Age data available from 321 patients.
c Age data available from 1,555 patients.
d Number of isolates can be greater than number of patients because over the study period several patients had more than one episode of gonorrhoea.
e Other includes: synovial fluid, abdominal abscess, perianal exudates.
The denominators for the percentages concerning patients’ characteristics are the total numbers of patients with information available on the characteristic in question, for the year or period specified in the column header. Denominators for specimen percentages are total number of isolates.