THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES • VOL. 133, NO.3·· MARCH 1976 © 1976 by the University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
NOTES Relation of Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae to ABO Blood Groups From the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Malcolm T. Foster, Jr. and Anthony H. Labrum*
In an ongoing epidemiologic study of asymptomatic female carriers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the relation of gonorrhea to blood groups A, B, AB, and D was examined in 584 black women attending a prenatal clinic. The results indicate that blood group is an epidemiological marker in gonococcal infection.
was confirmed by gram stain. Fermentation of sugar was not tested. Blood typing was performed by the hospital laboratory with commercial typing sera. Results
Because of racial differences in the frequency of blood groups, black patients and white patients were examined separately. Among the black population, samples from patients with blood group B made up 25.6% of the cultures that contained N. gonorrhoeae and 14.4% of the cultures that did not contain this organism (table 1). When patients with blood group B were compared with patients with all other blood groups combined, the higher incidence of cultures that contained N. gonorrhoeae in this group was significant (P
NOTES Relation of Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae to ABO Blood Groups From the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
Malcolm T. Foster, Jr. and Anthony H. Labrum*
In an ongoing epidemiologic study of asymptomatic female carriers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the relation of gonorrhea to blood groups A, B, AB, and D was examined in 584 black women attending a prenatal clinic. The results indicate that blood group is an epidemiological marker in gonococcal infection.
was confirmed by gram stain. Fermentation of sugar was not tested. Blood typing was performed by the hospital laboratory with commercial typing sera. Results
Because of racial differences in the frequency of blood groups, black patients and white patients were examined separately. Among the black population, samples from patients with blood group B made up 25.6% of the cultures that contained N. gonorrhoeae and 14.4% of the cultures that did not contain this organism (table 1). When patients with blood group B were compared with patients with all other blood groups combined, the higher incidence of cultures that contained N. gonorrhoeae in this group was significant (P
