title: Audit of routine rectal swabs for gonorrhoea culture in women.
abstract: The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gonorrhoea (GC) in Adults recommends rectal screening only in special circumstances. Our genitourinary medicine clinic undertakes rectal swabs for gonorrhoea culture in all women attending for sexually transmitted infection screening. We undertook this audit to determine the value of our practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff CF240SZ, UK. rcmalini@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raychaudhuri
authors.forename: H D L
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Birley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D008485:Medical Audit; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology*