PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kolator, B
AU  - Rodin, P
TI  - Comparison of anal and rectal swabs in the diagnosis of anorectal gonorrhoea in women.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.55.3.186
DP  - 1979 Jun 01
TA  - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
PG  - 186--187
VI  - 55
IP  - 3
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/3/186.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/3/186.full
SO  - Br J Vener Dis1979 Jun 01; 55
AB  - Among 228 women with gonorrhoea (confirmed by culture), swabs taken blindly from the anal canal gave positive results in 26.3% and those taken from the rectum under direct vision in 27.6%. Swabs from both sites gave positive results in 23.2% of patients, from the anal canal alone in 3.1%, and from the rectum alone in 4.4%. Thus, culuture of anal canal swabs seems to give as reliable results as rectal swabs when proctoscopy cannot be carried out.