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Incidence of asymptomatic gonorrhea in women. 1978

R G Little, and M Hartsfield

Sixty-six of 70 consecutive cases of gonorrhea in women were reviewed retrospectively for presenting symptoms. Forty-four (44) percent were asymptomatic while an additional 48 percent mentioned only a vaginal discharge. The importance of taking routine gonorrhea cultures on all sexually active women is stressed. In medical settings where experience has shown a low yield of positive cultures, the Pennsylvania Health Department's priorities can be used to select the patients at highest risk of disease.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007973	Leukorrhea	A clear or white discharge from the VAGINA, consisting mainly of MUCUS.	Leukorrheas
D010414	Pennsylvania	State bounded on the north by New York and Lake Erie, on the east by Delaware and New Jersey, on the south by Delaware and Maryland, and on the west by Ohio and West Virginia.
D005260	Female		Females
D006069	Gonorrhea	Acute infectious disease characterized by primary invasion of the urogenital tract. The etiologic agent, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, was isolated by Neisser in 1879.	Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective