|
Gonorrhoea contents
Essential facts
More information
Diagnosis and
management
(includes clinical photographs)
Statistics
Antibiotic
Sensitivity 1999
Pamphlet
(pdf format)
Pelvic inflammatory
disease
PID diagnosis and
management
|
Quarterly Surveillance Report 1999 No. 3 July-September
Gonococcal Infection in South Australia
Gonococcal Infection 01/01/99 - 30/09/99
Between 1 January and 30 September 1999
there were 189 cases of gonococcal infection notified to STD Services (Table
5.1). For the years 1994-98, between 110 and 307 notifications were
received for the corresponding period each year.
Gonococcal Infection 01/07/99 - 30/09/99
During the third quarter of 1999, 45
cases of gonorrhoea were reported.
Twenty seven cases of gonococcal
infection (60%) occurred in males, and 18 cases (40%) in females.
Infection in both males and females was evenly distributed by age (Table
5.1). Only one case of gonococcal conjunctivitis was reported, occurring
in a male adult.
Of the 27 males, five (19%) reported
male to male sexual contact. The infection was reported as being acquired
in South Australia for 38 cases (85%), and overseas for four cases (9%).
The racial origin was reported as Aboriginal for 25 cases (56%), and
Caucasian for 18 cases (40%).
Table 5.1 Gonococcal infection
detected in South Australia, 01/07/99 - 30/09/99 and year to date. Age
group by sex.
|
Age group
(years)
|
3rd Quarter
01/07/99 - 30/09/99
|
Year to date
01/01/99 - 30/09/99
|
| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
< 15 |
- |
1 |
- |
4 |
4 |
|
15 - 19 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
14 |
30 |
|
20 - 24 |
6 |
5 |
34 |
17 |
51 |
|
25 - 29 |
4 |
3 |
30 |
9 |
39 |
|
30 - 34 |
6 |
2 |
17 |
8 |
25 |
|
35 - 39 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
20 |
|
> 40 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
4 |
20 |
|
Total |
27 |
18 |
130 |
59 |
189 |
|
Health
on the Net Code of Conduct for health-related sites