title: Oropharyngeal gonorrhea during pregnancy.
abstract: The frequency of oropharyngeal infections with Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pregnant women was studied in two prenatal clinics in Bandkok, Thailand. A third group of women visiting a dental clinic on a routine basis was included for comparison purposes. Group I, from an American dependent clinic, had an oropharyngeal infection rate of 15% while only 0.7% had cervical infections. None had infections in more than one site. In Group III, from a Thai clinic, no patients had oropharyngeal infections while 11.9% had infections from either the cervix or rectum or both. One and eight-tenths percent of the patients attending the dental clinic had oropharyngeal infections. Oropharyngeal gonorrhea was found in a prenatal population of American military dependents at a high rate. We propose that all women visiting a prenatal clinic routinely have their oropharynx cultured for N gonorrhoeae.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013785:Thailand; D014481:United States