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M Bissessor1, D M Whiley2, D M Lee3, A F Snow3, C K Fairley4, J Peel3, C S Bradshaw4, J S Hocking5, M M Lahra6, M Y Chen4.
Abstract
We examined the factors influencing gonorrhea detection at the pharynx. One hundred men infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae were swabbed from the tonsils and posterior oropharynx. N. gonorrhoeae was reisolated from the tonsils and posterior oropharynx in 62% and 52%, respectively (P = 0.041). Culture positivity was greater with higher gonococcal DNA loads at the tonsils (P = 0.001) and oropharynx (P < 0.001). N. gonorrhoeae can be cultured from the tonsils and posterior oropharynx with greater isolation rates where gonococcal loads are higher.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26292303 PMCID: PMC4609686 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01647-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948