PATIENTS COMPLIANCE WITH FOLLOW-UP AFTER TREATMENT OF GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 116  (1) , 48-50
Abstract
By means of telephone tracing 96% follow-up was achieved in men treated for gonococcal [Neisseria gonorrhoeae] urethritis. A large proportion (34.8%) of patients required .gtoreq. 1 calls before follow-up could be obtained. Frequency of sexual re-exposure, proportion with persistent gonorrhea or reinfection, and interval between initial therapy and follow-up were greater in those who required telephone contact for follow-up than in the group who returned for follow-up. Failure to reappear for follow-up does not imply bacteriologic cure or disappearance of symptoms. Control of gonococcal infection still depends largely upon aggressive methods of case finding, appropriate therapy and careful follow-up.