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3926631

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
During the period 1977-83, the fall in the yearly incidence of gonorrhoea in the United Kingdom was greatly exceeded by the fall that occurred in Sheffield (p less than 0.001). This local fall occurred despite a large rise in the yearly number of people with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) presenting at this clinic, and was associated with falls in the incidence of complications of the disease and ratios of men to women with gonorrhoea, and with significantly improved success in tracing contacts of infected persons (p less than 0.001). Although penicillinase producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, were rare, the number of local isolates exhibiting relative resistance to penicillin (MIC greater than or equal to 0.3 mg/l) rose significantly (p less than 0.001) and were more often isolated from well defined "at risk" groups: homosexual men (p less than 0.001), patients with repeat infections (p less than 0.01), and people infected outside Sheffield (p less than 0.05). The relevance of these observations in the assessment of control of gonorrhoea and to the development of an antibiotic treatment policy are discussed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0266-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
230-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiology and control of gonorrhoea in Sheffield.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article