Gonorrhea

Research from L.H. Bachmann and co-authors in the area of gonorrhea published

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 18th, 2009

According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "The optimal methods for the diagnosis of pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection are uncertain. The objective of this study was to define the performance of culture and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for the diagnosis of pharyngeal N. gonorrhoeae."

"In this cross-sectional study, males and females >15 years old who acknowledged performing fellatio or cunnilingus (in the previous 2 months) were recruited from three clinics (two human immunodeficiency virus clinics and one sexually transmitted diseases clinic) located in Birmingham, AL. The test performance of culture...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-05-18)

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