title: Patients' compliance with follow-up after treatment of gonococcal urethritis.
abstract: By means of telephone tracing 96% follow-up was achieved in men treated for gonococcal urethritis. A large proportion (34.8%) of patients required one or more calls before follow-up could be obtained. Frequency of sexual re-exposure, proportion with persistent gonorrhea or reinfection, and interval between initial therapy and follow-up were greater in those who required telephone contact for follow-up than in the group who returned for follow-up. Failure to reappear for follow-up does not imply either bacteriologic cure or disappearance of symptoms. Control of gonococcal infection still depends largely upon aggressive methods of case finding, appropriate therapy and careful follow-up.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002170:Canada; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010349:Patient Compliance; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents