RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Gonorrhoea of the throat at a venereological clinic. Incidence and Results of Treatment.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 395
OP 397
DO 10.1136/sti.51.6.395
VO 51
IS 6
A1 L Hallqvist
A1 S Lindgren
YR 1975
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/51/6/395.abstract
AB Among 3,271 consecutive cases of gonorrhoea seen during the years 1971 to 1974, the incidence of tonsillar gonorrhoea was 3-6% in men and 5-8% in women. Oro-genital intercourse was admitted by 34% of men and 33% of women. Among these patients the incidence of tonsillar gonorrhoea was 7% in men and 16% in women. Only two cases of gonococcal septicaemia were seen, and there were no other complications. Few patients experienced symptoms from the throat. Tonsillar cultures was positive on the first examination in only 74%, it was negative until after single-dose treatment had been given in 18%.