RESUMO
We studied 422 patients with urethral discharge recruited from 4 sentinel sites in Morocco to determine sociodemographic characteristics, history of STI infection, infecting organism and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The mean age of the sample was 28 years (range 16-67 years), and most were single, had multiple sex partners without taking protective measures and came from all social backgrounds; 59.9% had a history of a previous STI. The majority (87%) of the infections were the acute form. By polymerase chain reaction of urine samples of 399 patients, 41.6% had N. gonorrhoeae infection, 6.3% Chlamidia trachomatis and 10.8% both organisms; in 41.4% no organism was identified. N. gonorrhoeae was strongly susceptible to ciprofloxacin.
Assuntos
Infecções por Chlamydia/epidemiologia , Infecções por Chlamydia/microbiologia , Chlamydia trachomatis , Gonorreia/epidemiologia , Gonorreia/microbiologia , Doenças Uretrais/epidemiologia , Doenças Uretrais/microbiologia , Doença Aguda , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Infecções por Chlamydia/diagnóstico , Chlamydia trachomatis/genética , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana , Escolaridade , Gonorreia/diagnóstico , Humanos , Incidência , Estado Civil/estatística & dados numéricos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Marrocos/epidemiologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Prevalência , Recidiva , Características de Residência/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores de Risco , Vigilância de Evento Sentinela , Comportamento Sexual/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Doenças Uretrais/diagnósticoRESUMO
We studied 422 patients with urethral discharge recruited from 4 sentinel sites in Morocco to determine sociodemographic characteristics, history of STI infection, infecting organism and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The mean age of the sample was 28 years [range 16-67 years], and most were single, had multiple sex partners without taking protective measures and came from all social backgrounds; 59.9% had a history of a previous STI. The majority [87%] of the infections were the acute form. By polymerase chain reaction of urine samples of 399 patients, 41.6% had N. gonorrhoeae infection, 6.3% Chlamidia trachomatis and 10.8% both organisms; in 41.4% no organism was identified. N. gonorrhoeae was strongly susceptible to ciprofloxacin
