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PORTILLA C, José L; MOREIRA O, Luis; SAAVEDRA O, Miguel  e  RAMIREZ P, Marión. Prevalencia de infeccion por Neisseria Gonorrhoeae en trabajadoras sexuales atendidas en el Centro de Salud Antivenereo de Lima, 1995. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 1997, vol.14, n.1, pp.15-18. ISSN 1726-4634.

Between June a December 1995, two hundred thirty-three commercial sex workers (CSW) with update health certificates and 171without were examined at the STD clinic in order to assess current gonococcal infection frecuency and detect beta-lactamase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The findings showed a significant difference (0,014) between the frequency of isolation of gonococcus from legal CSW. Four out of 233 legal CSW were positive to Neisseria gonorrhoeae (1,72%) in contrast to 12 out of 171 illegal ones (7,02%) and only the 37,5% (6/16) of the total number of strains isolated were positive beta-lactamase producing.

Palavras-chave : Neisseria gonorrhoeae; prevalence; commercial sex workers; beta-lactamase.

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