Letter: Prepubertal gonorrhoea.

Letter: Epicillin in gonorrhoea.

Letter: Effect on incubating syphilis of penicillin treatment for gonorrhoea.

SIR-In the early days of pencillin therapy for gonorrhoea, many venereologists were concerned about the possibility of masking incubating syphilis. Today , however, with the much larger dosages currently used, the general feeling seems to be that pencillin therapy for gonorrhoea is more likely to cure incubating syphilis than to mask it. The case here reported, therefore, may give some food for...

Gonorrhoea.

INTRODUCTION In 2012, the diagnosis rates for gonorrhoea among adults aged 20 to 24 years in the UK were 249 per 100,000 for men and 140 per 100,000 for women. Resistance to one or more antimicrobial agent is reported in more than one quarter of isolates. Co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis is reported in 10% to 40% of people with gonorrhoea in the US and UK. METHODS AND OUTCOMES We condu...

GONORRHOEA Geographical and demographic clustering of gonorrhoea in London

Background: Gonorrhoea is an important cause of sexual ill health and is concentrated in geographical areas and demographic groups. This study explores the distribution of gonorrhoea across London. Methods: Epidemiological data on all gonorrhoea cases were collected from 13 major genitourinary clinics in London between 1 June and 30 November 2004. Samples were stored centrally and typed using N...

Methacycline (rondomycin) in gonorrhoea.

After more than 20 years penicillin remains the drug of first choice in the treatment of gonorrhoea. It offers a high cure rate. Curative dosages can be given in one injection in uncomplicated cases. It is relatively safe and it is cheap. On the other hand an increasing number of persons are found to be sensitive to penicillin and, with the increasing incidence of early syphilis, there is again...