Asymptomatic gonorrhea in men: Caused by gonococci with unique nutritional requirements

George Crawford; Joan S. Knapp; Judith Hale; King K. Holmes

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Asymptomatic gonorrhea in men: Caused by gonococci with unique nutritional requirements

George Crawford, Joan S. Knapp, Judith Hale, King K. Holmes

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In a retrospective case-control study, gonococci with nutritional requirements for arginine, hypoxanthine, and uracil were recovered from 24 of 25 men with asymptomatic gonorrhea and 10 of 25 men with symptomatic gonorrhea ( P = .0001). These strains represent a smaller proportion of gonococcal isolates from blacks than from whites. Asymptomatic urethral infection is important in the epidemiology of gonorrhea, particularly among whites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1352-1353
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	196
Issue number	4296
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.405742
State	Published - 1977
Externally published	Yes

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