RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Comparison of anal and rectal swabs in the diagnosis of anorectal gonorrhoea in women.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 186
OP 187
DO 10.1136/sti.55.3.186
VO 55
IS 3
A1 Kolator, B
A1 Rodin, P
YR 1979
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/3/186.abstract
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.