Differing Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterial loads in the pharynx and rectum in men who have sex with men: Implications for gonococcal detection, transmission, and control

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4304-4306

  Bissessor, M ^a   Tabrizi, S N ^b,c   Fairley, C K ^a,d   Danielewski, J ^c   Whitton, B ^a   Bird, S ^a   Garland, S ^b,c   Chen, M Y ^a,d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL LOAD; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; PROCTITIS; RECTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455185147     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05341-11     Document Type: Article

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