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UK National Audit of Chlamydial Infection Management in Sexual Health Clinics. Case notes audit: demography, diagnosis and treatment

Hugo McClean FRCP , Chris Carne MD FRCP, Paul Bunting MSc, Sumit Bhaduri FRCP, Arnold Fernandes MRCOG, Jyoti Dhar MD FRCP, Steve Estreich FRCP, David Daniels FRCP on behalf of the National Audit Group of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE, UK

Correspondence to: Dr Hugo McClean, Sexual Health Resource Centre, 32–36 Prospect Street, Hull HU2 8PX, UK Email: Hugo.McClean{at}hullpct.nhs.uk

The case notes of cases of genital chlamydial infection were audited against the UK National Guideline. This was the first web-based and the largest national audit to date, with 193 clinics in all UK Regions contributing data. About half of all cases had no symptoms, with about one-third attending for routine or asymptomatic screens; suggesting significant provision of screening by clinics that might be managed differently to reduce workload. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are now well established for chlamydial detection in UK clinics, with 93% of cases having genital NAATs. Azithromycin is now more commonly used than doxycycline (54% vs. 37%). Of 26 pregnant women, 20 were treated with azithromycin, suggesting that most prescribers treating pregnant women consider that erythromycin is not an adequate alternative to azithromycin. Most women had NAATs obtained from sites recommended by the Guideline, with 93% of women who had genital NAATs having these from the cervix or vulvovaginal area.

Key Words: clinical audit • Chlamydia trachomatis • sexually transmitted diseases • female urogenital diseases • male urogenital diseases

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