The diagnosis of gonorrhoea in women.
Gonorrhoea was diagnosed in 258 of 1500 women. The diagnosis was made from urethral plus cervical cultures in only 184 cases (71.3%). The percentage of positive diagnoses rose to 96.5% when cervical smear microscopy was also performed. This highlights the need to carry out all three investigations. Concurrent Trichomonas infection was present in 14% of cases.
D001003:Anal Canal / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000150:complications; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology