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SCREENING FOR GONORRHOEA IN PREGNANCY

Author(s) -

Rees D. A.,

Hamlett J. D.

Publication year - 1972

Publication title -

bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157

H-Index - 164

eISSN - 1471-0528

pISSN - 1470-0328

DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb15807.x

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , genital tract , obstetrics , pregnancy , gonococcal infection , gynecology , gonorrhea , sex organ , syphilis , sexually transmitted disease , immunology , physiology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , genetics , biology

Summary Antenatal patients with symptoms suggestive of lower genital tract infection and selected asymptomatic pregnant women investigated for evidence of gonorrhoea. Two cases of gonococcal infection were found among 319 women studied, and in both instances there symptoms to alert the medical attendant. It is concluded that routine antenatal screening for silent gonorrhoea is unnecessary, but that investigations for gonococcal infection should be undertaken whenever pregnant women have symptoms or signs suggestive of lower genital tract infection.

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