Group B streptococci in venereal disease clinic patients.
The isolation rates of group B streptococci for 457 men and 300 women attending a venereal disease clinic were 16-4 and 20-6% respectively. The frequencies were significantly increased by using a selective medium and by taking specimens from the female urethra as well as the cervix. In contrast to gonorrhoea the presence of group B streptococci could not be related to promiscuity. In addition, the isolation of group B streptococci was found to be independent of a concomitant gonococcal infection. This study indicates that group B streptococci have little relation to the clinical signs and symptoms of genital infection, such as dysuria, discharge and inflammatory mucosal reaction.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology