Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the pharynx and saliva: Implications for gonorrhoea transmission

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 347-349

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b   Lee, David ^c,d,e   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c,e   Phillips, Samuel ^a   Snow, Anthony ^a   Cook, Stuart ^a   Howden, Benjamin P ^d   Petalotis, Irene ^a,d   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954305916     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052399     Document Type: Article

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