Histology of rectal gonorrhoea in men, with a note on anorectal infection with Neisseria meningitidis.
The histology of the rectal mucosa in 57 men with culturally-proven rectal gonorrhoea is described and the results compared with the findings in biopsies from 57 non-infected men. An acute inflammatory cell infiltration of the rectal mucosa was found in three (5.3%) and two (3.5%) infected and non-infected men respectively. Twenty-one (36.8%) men with rectal gonorrhoea and nine (15.8%) non-infected men had an increased number of chronic inflammatory cells in the lamina propria.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002452:Cell Count; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000473:pathology*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D011349:Proctitis / Q000473:pathology; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*