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. 1972 Mar 15;112(6):772-6.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(72)90146-9.

A mass screening program for the detection of gonorrhea

J Zackler, H Orbach, O Brolnitsky, M C Brown

A mass screening program for the detection of gonorrhea

J Zackler et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. .

Abstract

PIP: A 2 1/2 year gonorrhea screening program in Chicago showed 7.5% of women tested to be positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae organisms with a single cervical culture. Young patients, unmarried patients, and black patients had the highest attack rates. Over 98% of those with positive cultures were treated, and this program has probably contributed to a decline in reported gonorrhea morbidity in the first 6 months of 1971. In another group 4816 women seen at a venereal disease clinic, 24.4% were positive at the cerivx, rectum, or both. The addition of rectal tests to cervical tests is productive of many cases that would otherwise be missed. 3 million units of procaine penicillin G with 2% aluminum monostearate intramuscularly is an inadequate treatment for women with gonorrhea.

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