A 48-year-old male who received a single 500 mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone and a 7‑day course of doxycycline empirically now has a positive Neisseria gonorrhoeae test and a negative Chlamydia trachomatis test; what is the recommended management moving forward?

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