Diagnosis of rectal gonorrhoea by blind anorectal swabs compared with direct vision swabs taken via a proctoscope.
Eight hundred and twenty-three examinations were carried out on 662 homosexual patients. At each examination a blind anorectal swab and a rectal swab taken via a proctoscope were inoculated on to a culture plate. From a total of 100 gonococcal infections of the rectum 96 gave positive results from blind anorectal swabs and 99 from swabs taken via a proctoscope. Blind anorectal swabs proved to be a reliable method in the diagnosis of rectal gonorrhoea.
D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011351:Proctoscopy; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods