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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS
Volume 17, Issue 12, Pages 847-850Publisher
ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1258/095646206779307658
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gonorrhoea; test of cure; telephone follow-up; partner notification
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We compared the outcomes in 278 patients managed with clinic-based test of cure (phase 1) for gonorrhoea with 271 patients managed with the new policy of telephone follow-up (phase 2). Almost 98% of the patients in both phases were treated within 28 days of diagnosis. Follow-up of the patients was significantly better with telephone follow-up (phase 2), with an increase in proportion of patients reviewed (76.1% compared with 59.7% in phase 1, P < 0.001). Yield of partner notification was 0.22 and 0.31 contacts per case of gonorrhoea within four weeks of treatment of the index case in phases 1 and 2, respectively.
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