Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Perspective
Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Michigan
Table 2
Patient and specimen characteristics, gonorrhea study, Michigan*
2003 non-QRNG N = 550 (%) | 2003 QRNG N = 14 (%) | 2004 non-QRNG N = 502 (%) | 2004 QRNG N = 8 (%) | |
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Median age, y | 23 | 26 | 24 | 26 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 267 (49) | 11 (79) | 411 (82) | 8 (100) |
Female | 281 (51) | 3 (21) | 91 (18) | 0 |
Unknown | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Race | ||||
Black | 323 (59) | 7 (50) | 313 (62) | 0 |
White | 76 (14) | 6 (43) | 89 (18) | 7 (88) |
Other | 9 (1) | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 (12) |
Unknown | 142 (26) | 0 | 94 (19) | 0 |
Asian | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 |
Hispanic | ||||
Yes | 11 (2) | 1 (7) | 16 (3) | 0 |
No | 204 (37) | 12 (86) | 283 (57) | 7 (88) |
Unknown | 335 (61) | 1 (7) | 203 (40) | 1 (12) |
Site of specimen | ||||
Cervix/vagina | 260 (47) | 2 (21) | 74 (15) | 0 |
Eye | 1 (1) | 1 (7) | 1 (0) | 0 |
Urethra | 244 (44) | 7 (43) | 392 (78) | 6 (75) |
Throat | 16 (3) | 1 (7) | 16 (3) | 0 |
Rectal | 17 (3) | 1 (7) | 11 (3) | 1 (12) |
Urine | 6 (1) | 2 (15) | 5 (1) | 1 (12) |
Other | 6 (1) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 |
Symptoms | ||||
Discharge/dysuria | 338 (61) | 10 (72) | 373 (74) | 6 (75) |
None | 72 (13) | 3 (21) | 56 (11) | 1 (12) |
Unknown | 140 (26) | 1 (7) | 73 (15) | 1 (12) |
*QRNG, quinolone-resistant gonorrhoeae.
†Intermediate QRNG grouped with non-QRNG cases.