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Sex Transm Infect 2003;79:56-58 doi:10.1136/sti.79.1.56
  • Short report

Detection of mixed infection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  1. I M C Martin,
  2. C A Ison
  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Iona Martin, Medical Microbiology, Department Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK;
 i.martin{at}ic.ac.uk
  • Accepted 16 September 2002

Abstract

We report the first published evidence, to our knowledge, of the demonstration of the potential existence of mixed infections of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in vivo through the use of a highly discriminatory genotypic technique.

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