Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Pharyngeal Gonorrhea in Korean Men With Urethritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharyngeal infection is more difficult to diagnose and treat than genital or rectal infection and can act as a reservoir for gonococcal infection. We determined the prevalence of pharyngeal gonorrhea in Korean men with urethritis and analyzed the molecular characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates.

Methods

Seventy-two male patients with symptoms of urethritis who visited a urology clinic in Wonju, Korea, between September 2016 and March 2018 were included. Urethral and pharyngeal gonococcal cultures, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST), and multiplex real-time PCR (mRT-PCR) were performed.

Results

Among the 72 patients, 59 tested positive for gonococcus by mRT-PCR.

SUBMITTER: Roh KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375188 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature