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Published on: October 27, 2013
[Urethral discharge in Morocco: prevalence of microorganisms and susceptibility of gonococcos]
K Alami1, N Aït Mbarek, M Akrim
1Programme national de lutte contre les IST/SIDA, Direction de l'Epidémiologie et de la Lutte contre les Maladies, Ministère de la Santé, Rabat, Maroc.
Abstract:
We studied 422 patients with urethral discharge recruited from 4 sentinel sites in Morocco to determine sociodemographic characteristics, history of STI infection, infecting organism and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The mean age of the sample was 28 years (range 16-67 years), and most were single, had multiple sex partners without taking protective measures and came from all social backgrounds; 59.9% had a history of a previous STI. The majority (87%) of the infections were the acute form. By polymerase chain reaction of urine samples of 399 patients, 41.6% had N. gonorrhoeae infection, 6.3% Chlamidia trachomatis and 10.8% both organisms; in 41.4% no organism was identified. N. gonorrhoeae was strongly susceptible to ciprofloxacin.
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