Preliminary Report on a Mass Program for Detection of Gonorrhea

The Chicago Board of Health has been conducting a mass screening program to detect gonorrhea, using the Thayer-Martin selective culture medium in addition to a gram stain and an oxidase reaction test. Data for the first 12 months of the program revealed 1,782 positive cervical specimens (5.5 percent...

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Published in:Public health reports (1896) 1970-08, Vol.85 (8), p.681-684
Main Authors: Zackler, J, Brolnitsky, O, Orbach, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Age groups
Aged
Bacteriological Techniques
Chicago
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Reservoirs
Family planning
Family Planning Services
Female
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea - diagnosis
Gonorrhea - drug therapy
Gonorrhea - epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Mass Screening
Maternal Health Services
Middle Aged
Neisseria gonorrhoeae - isolation & purification
Patient assessment
Penicillin
Penicillin G Procaine - therapeutic use
Pregnancy
Public health
Specimens
Streptomycin - therapeutic use
Tetracycline - therapeutic use
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Summary:The Chicago Board of Health has been conducting a mass screening program to detect gonorrhea, using the Thayer-Martin selective culture medium in addition to a gram stain and an oxidase reaction test. Data for the first 12 months of the program revealed 1,782 positive cervical specimens (5.5 percent) of the 32,470 specimens collected in 22 private, public, or nonprofit clinics in Chicago. Approximately 59 percent of the females tested were family planning patients and 41 percent were prenatal patients. A test of cure on the first 200 females examined at one clinic confirmed the efficacy of the current treatment schedule of 3.0 million units of procaine penicillin G with 2 percent aluminum monostearate (PAM) or 3 gm. of tetracycline for those reporting a sensitivity to penicillin.
ISSN:0094-6214
DOI:10.2307/4593936