Comparison of anal and rectal swabs in the diagnosis of anorectal gonorrhoea in women.
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 55 (3), 186-187
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.55.3.186
Abstract
Among 228 women with gonorrhea (confirmed by culture), swabs taken blindly from the anal canal gave positive results in 26.3% and those taken from the rectum under direct vision in 27.6%. Swabs from both sites gave positive results in 23.2% of patients, from the anal canal alone in 3.1% and from the rectum alone in 4.4%. Culture of anal canal swabs seems to give as reliable results as rectal swabs when proctoscopy cannot be carried out.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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