Detection of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from tonsils and posterior oropharynx
- Bissessor, M.
- Whiley, D.M.
- Lee, D.M.
- Snow, A.F.
- Fairley, C.K.
- Peel, J.
- Bradshaw, C.S.
- Hocking, J.S.
- Lahra, M.M.
- Chen, M.Y.
Publication date
November 2015
DOI Publisher
American Society for Microbiology ISSN
0095-1137 Citation count (estimate)
8Abstract
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 (
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