Is it time to move to nucleic acid amplification tests screening for pharyngeal and rectal gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men to improve gonorrhoea control?

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-11

  Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^c   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^d,e  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHEA; RECTUM GONORRHEA; REVIEW; SCREENING;

ADULT; CULTURE MEDIA; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251644627     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10134     Document Type: Review

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