Gonococcal culture and drug sensitivity pattern in patients with urethral discharge and vaginal discharge with cervicitis

Abstract

Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to present major health, social, and economic problems in the developing world. Gonococcal infections and their complications are amongst the most frequent communicable diseases in many countries. The objectives of this study is to determine the incidence of gonorrhoea among patients presenting with urethral discharge syndrome and vaginal discharge syndrome with cervicitis and to explore the pattern of resistance to commonly used antibiotics against Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Methods: Urethral swab from male patients and endocervical swab from female patients were collected. All the samples were subjected to Gram-staining and gonococcal culture. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing by standard disc diffusion method was performed using antibiotics commonly prescribed for the treatment of gonorrhoea.