Testing for gonorrhoea should routinely include the pharynx
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Whittles, L
Didelot, X
Grad, Y
White, PJ
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The profile of Kit Fairley by Tony Kirby1 highlighted his work on the potentially important role of kissing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in gonorrhoea transmission. The role of pharyngeal infection in gonorrhoea transmission, and in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance, is poorly characterised, which represents an important knowledge gap.2 Intimate kissing is a risk factor for meningococcal carriage,3 indicating other Neisseria spp can transmit via this route. Pharyngeal gonococcal infection is predominantly asymptomatic, frequently undetected, and often exposed to suboptimal antibiotic concentrations in therapy;2,4 hence infection might be persistent.
Date Issued
2018-07-01
Date Acceptance
2018-05-14
Citation
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2018, 18 (7), pp.716-717
ISSN
1473-3099
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
716
End Page
717
Journal / Book Title
Lancet Infectious Diseases
Volume
18
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institute for Health Research
Grant Number
MR/K010174/1B
HPRU-2012-10080
Subjects
1103 Clinical Sciences
1108 Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-06-21