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Abstract
Screening by culture of endocervical specimens revealed four cases of gonorrhea among 744 pregnant women attending the prenatal clinic at the University Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The observed prevalence of gonorrhea (0.54%) in pregnant women is similar to that in Great Britain (0.2-0.7%), but lower than the prevalences reported for North America (2.5-7.5%) and Thailand (11.9%). The results indicate that routine screening of pregnant women attending prenatal clinics in Malaysia would aid in the control of gonorrhea in that country.Entities:
Keywords: Asia; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Examinations And Diagnoses; Gonorrhea--women; Health; Health Services; Infections; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Malaysia; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Measurement; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Care; Prevalence; Primary Health Care; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Screening; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Southeastern Asia
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Year: 1981 PMID： 7256495 DOI： 10.1097/00007435-198104000-00005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sex Transm Dis ISSN： 0148-5717 Impact factor: 2.830