Gonorrhea screening in male consorts of women with pelvic infection.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from 39% of male contacts of women with acute gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); 22% of these men were asymptomatic. More than half of those women with gonococcal PID had at least one male sexual consort with gonorrhea. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from 15% of male contacts of women with nongonococcal PID; 30% were asymptomatic. Since a substantial number of male contacts of women with acute PID will have cultures positive for N gonorrhoeae and are asymptomatic, all male sexual consorts should be examined and have cultures grown for gonorrhea.
D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology