%0 Journal Article
%T Provider characteristics associated with guideline-nonadherent gonorrhea treatment, Massachusetts, 2010.
%A Swails J
%A Smock L
%A Hsu K
%J Sex Transm Dis
%V 41
%N 2
%D Feb 2014
%M 24413495
%F 3.868
%R 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000073
%X Emerging antibiotic resistance may be slowed through effective implementation of treatment guidelines. Our case-control study showed that providers who treated gonorrhea differently from guidelines in Massachusetts accounted for approximately 4% of cases and were associated with private practice/health maintenance organization settings and lower-incidence locations. Patient β-lactam allergy was also significantly associated with guideline nonadherence.