Surveillance of Gonorrhea Patients with Reinfection in Shellman's Clinic in Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the outcome of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infected patients who attended at Shellman's Clinic at Buddhachinnaraj Hospital Phitsanulok with one stop service between January 2009 to June 2010 by reviewing the data from patient record form. All patients were received treatment by standardized regimen of Bureau of AIDS and STI of Ministry of Public Health of Thailand. The age range of patients was 10-64 years old, occupation was vary from labor to student and men was more than women. It was found that the reinfection rate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections was decreased in student group and the condom use rate was also increased among them. The resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to the regimen of ceftriaxone with Azithromycin was not found. These study found that when patient was restricted to regimen of treatment and counseling for safe sex from health service personals could lead to a decrease in recurrence infection or resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.