title: Male urethral gonorrhoea -- 5,700 pounds per positive test?
abstract: We audited all male urethral gonorrhoea cases from 2003 to determine the additional yield of culture following negative microscopy. Sixty-one episodes were reviewed, of which six were diagnosed by culture alone. In all, 475 cultures were performed to diagnose each case of microscopy-negative infection. As resources in sexual health clinics are limited, it may be appropriate to reconsider our policy of universal male urethral gonococcal culture.
authors.affiliation: Marlborough Department, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, Pond St, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG, UK. natryd@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ryder
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ivens
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000191:economics; D003470:Culture Media / Q000191:economics; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media