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Document 0196
DOCN M9630196
TI Gonococcal serovar patterns in Glasgow: 1990-1992.
DT 9603
AU Ross JD; Weir M; Horn CK; Moyes A; Young H; Department of Genitourinary
Medicine, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary,; Scotland, UK.
SO Br J Biomed Sci. 1995 Jun;52(2):87-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96086115
AB Using monoclonal antibodies directed against protein 1 (major outer
membrane protein) in the cell wall of Neisseria gonorrhoeae it is
possible to serotype the gonococcus into different sub-groups. This
study was designed to analyse the distribution of such serovars in
Glasgow, Scotland, and report associations between serovars and clinical
features of infection. N. gonorrhoeae isolated from all patients with a
diagnosis of gonorrhoea attending genitourinary medicine clinics in
Glasgow were serotyped between January 1990 and December 1992. The
results were then correlated with sexual orientation of patients,
penicillin sensitivity, site of infection, location of acquisition of
infection and presence of symptoms. Six hundred and four episodes of
gonococcal infection were analysed and an association between certain
serovars with sexual orientation, penicillin sensitivity and
asymptomatic infection was found. No association between serovar type
and locality of acquisition of infection was apparent. Although there
was a decreasing trend in the incidence of gonorrhoea overall,
infections in homosexual men increased over the three-year study period.
The associations between serovars and other features of gonococcal
infection are discussed. The observed increase in homosexually-acquired
infection has implications with regard to the spread of human
immunodeficiency virus infection in this area, and suggests that
attempts to promote safer sex in this group are failing.
DE Adolescence Adult Drug Resistance, Microbial Female
Gonorrhea/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Human Male Neisseria
gonorrhoeae/*CLASSIFICATION Penicillins/PHARMACOLOGY Prevalence
Prospective Studies Scotland/EPIDEMIOLOGY Serotyping Sex Behavior
Urethral Diseases/MICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).