Epidemiology of gonorrhea among married females presenting with leucorrhoea

ABSTRACT

Gonococcal infection among females presenting with leucorrhoea was studied in Alexandria during the year 1979. The number of cases was 200 and their age ranged between 15 and 50 years old. Nine percent were positive for gonococci. The gonocccal infection was more among those of middle socio-economic class [21.21%], divorced [66.86%] and infertile [10.52%]. T.vaginalis and C.albicans were also isolated [42.5% and 29.5%]. The most common complaint was menstrual abnormality [26.6%]. The uterine cervix was the site of highest yield [77.7%] for gonococci