title: Evaluation of urethral culture for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the routine investigation of men attending a STD clinic.
abstract: Urethral gonorrhoea was diagnosed by culture in 957 (18.8%) of 5076 new male patients attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic; the infection was asymptomatic in 38 (4%) of these patients. The diagnosis in only six (0.3%) out of 2159 men with urethral gonorrhoea but with no symptoms or signs of urethritis would have been missed if urethral cultures had not been performed.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*