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Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in women with lower abdominal pain admitted to a gynaecology unit
Author(s) -
SCOTT G. R.,
THOMPSON C.,
SMITH I. W.,
YOUNG H.
Publication year - 1989
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.1471-0528.1989.tb02426.x
Subject(s) - neisseria gonorrhoeae , chlamydia trachomatis , medicine , urethritis , chlamydiae , gynecology , abdominal pain , gonorrhea , sexually transmitted disease , contact tracing , obstetrics , genitourinary system , chlamydia , syphilis , virology , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , covid-19
Summary. One hundred and sixty‐five women admitted to a gynaecology unit with lower abdominal pain were screened for infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis by members of a department of genitourinary medicine. C. trachomatis alone was detected in 21 patients. N. gonorrhoeae alone was isolated from five patients, and dual infection was present in six patients, giving a total of 32 (19%) patients in whom a sexually transmitted disease (STD) was diagnosed. The combination of an endocervical swab placed in Amies transport medium for gonococcal isolation and an endocervical slide for immunofluorescent detection of chlamydiae proved to be a simple and accurate method of screening for STD. Asaresultof contact tracing, 16 sexual partners of women in whom STD was detected were examined. Three cases of gonocoecal and ninc cases of non‐gonococcal urethritis were diagnosed. None of the sexual partners had Symptoms suggestive of genitourinary infection.