%0 Journal Article %1 crawford_asymptomatic_1977 %A Crawford, C %A Knapp, J S %A Hale, J %A Holmes, K K %D 1977 %J Science (New York, N.Y.) %K African Ancestry Arginine, Continental European Gonorrhea, Group, Humans, Hypoxanthines, Male, Neisseria Uracil, Urethritis, Washington gonorrhoeae, %N 4296 %P 1352--1353 %T Asymptomatic gonorrhea in men: caused by gonococci with unique nutritional requirements %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/405742 %V 196 %X 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 isolate from blacks than from whites. Asymptomatic urethral infection is important in the epidemiology of gonorrhea, particularly among whites.

@article{crawford_asymptomatic_1977, abstract = {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 isolate from blacks than from whites. Asymptomatic urethral infection is important in the epidemiology of gonorrhea, particularly among whites.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Crawford, C and Knapp, J S and Hale, J and Holmes, K K}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e5114322177da9cff6b79341ef30d9fb/jelias}, interhash = {3ac2c3091ef3723c8de60458addeb393}, intrahash = {e5114322177da9cff6b79341ef30d9fb}, issn = {0036-8075}, journal = {Science {(New} York, {N.Y.)}}, keywords = {African Ancestry Arginine, Continental European Gonorrhea, Group, Humans, Hypoxanthines, Male, Neisseria Uracil, Urethritis, Washington gonorrhoeae,}, month = jun, note = {{PMID:} 405742}, number = 4296, pages = {1352--1353}, shorttitle = {Asymptomatic gonorrhea in men}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:29.000+0100}, title = {Asymptomatic gonorrhea in men: caused by gonococci with unique nutritional requirements}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/405742}, volume = 196, year = 1977 }