Sampling technique and detection rates for pharyngeal gonorrhea using culture

Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Aug;37(8):522-4. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181d73cc7.

Abstract

In a study of 6721 pharyngeal gonorrhoea culture results taken by 43 clinicians, there was a significant difference in the detection rate by individual clinician (0%-10%, median: 1.3%, P = 0.05). The detection rate was associated with the frequency with which clinicians reported inducing a gag reflex when taking pharyngeal swabs (P < 0.05).

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Culture Media*
  • Gonorrhea / diagnosis*
  • Gonorrhea / epidemiology
  • Gonorrhea / microbiology
  • Homosexuality, Male
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification*
  • Pharyngeal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Pharyngeal Diseases / epidemiology
  • Pharyngeal Diseases / microbiology
  • Pharynx / microbiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Specimen Handling / methods*
  • Specimen Handling / statistics & numerical data
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Culture Media