SCREENING FOR GONORRHOEA IN PREGNANCY
- 1 April 1972
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 79 (4) , 344-347
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb15807.x
Abstract
Summary: Antenatal patients with symptoms suggestive of lower genital tract infection and selected asymptomatic pregnant women investigated for evidence of gonorrhoea. Two cases of gonococcal infection were found among 319 women studied, and in both instances there symptoms to alert the medical attendant. It is concluded that routine antenatal screening for silent gonorrhoea is unnecessary, but that investigations for gonococcal infection should be undertaken whenever pregnant women have symptoms or signs suggestive of lower genital tract infection.Keywords
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