Research Article
Patient and Provider Demographics and the Management of Genitourinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department
Table 3
Empiric antibiotic treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia during the ED encounter and gonorrhea and chlamydia testing result.
| | | White (N = 1,503) | Asian/other race (N = 214) | Black/African American (N = 14,482) | Total (N = 16,199) |
| | Negative for both gonorrhea and chlamydia, and no empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (concordance) | 1,237 (10.3%) | 171 (1.4%) | 10,610 (88.3%) | 12,018 | | Negative test for both gonorrhea and chlamydia, and empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (discordance) | 176 (6.9%) | 28 (1.1%) | 2,356 (92.0%) | 2,560 | | Positive test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or both, and no empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (discordance) | 62 (5.6%) | 11 (1.0%) | 1,040 (93.4%) | 1,113 | | Positive test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or both, and empiric antibiotics given for gonorrhea and chlamydia during ED encounter (concordance) | 28 (5.5%) | 4 (0.8%) | 476 (93.7%) | 508 |
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