title: The incidence of gonorrhea in an abortion population.
abstract: The incidence of gonorrhea was investigated in an abortion population. A total of 1021 women participated in this study. Three asymptomatic cases of gonorrhea were detected. None of these women had had gonorrhea before or had a previous abortion. No relation was found between the incidence of gonorrhea and age. The abortion population in our community cannot be considered to be a high-risk group for gonorrhea. In our opinion, this low incidence neither justifies routine gonococcal culture nor the prophylactic use of antibiotics in the abortion population.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011247:Pregnancy