| infertility in central africa: infection is the cause. | determinants of infertility were studied in 340 women in eastern gabon, an area situated in the "infertility belt" of central africa. fallopian tube occlusion was diagnosed in 82.8% of cases, showing the importance of infection-related causes. women with tubal occlusion did not differ significantly from women with normal tubes in obstetrical history or prevalence of neisseria gonorrhoeae or chlamydia trachomatis on endocervical culture. antecedents of pelvic inflammatory disease or a pelvic mass ... | 1988 | 2900173 |
| ophthalmia neonatorum in a semi-rural african community. | the incidence and aetiology of ophthalmia neonatorum have been estimated over a 7-month period in franceville, a semi-rural community in south-eastern gabon. chlamydia trachomatis was the most frequently observed pathogen, being isolated from 17 babies (2.7% of births), and neisseria gonorrhoeae was recovered from 12 (1.6% of births). 5 of 17 cases of chlamydial conjunctivitis were in infants less than 5 d old as opposed to 9 in the typical 5 to 10-days-old group. as expected, most cases of gono ... | 1987 | 3120364 |
| auxotypes and serogroups of penicillinase producing and non-producing strains of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in franceville, gabon. | the auxotypes and serogroups of 250 consecutive isolates of neisseria gonorrhoeae from franceville, gabon, including 33 penicillinase producing (ppng) strains, were identified and the results tabulated for four periods. the ppng and certain non-ppng strains were isolated in clusters against a relatively stable pattern of non-ppng biotypes. most of the non-ppng strains were non-requiring or proline requiring strains of serogroup wii or non-requiring strains that could not be grouped with commerci ... | 1985 | 3920143 |
| [gonococcal infections in gabon (haut-ogooué)]. | the isolation of n. gonorrhoeae in the region of franceville was attempted on the one hand with 261 men and 261 women presenting urethral or cervical discharge, and on the other hand with 530 women attending a prenatal clinic of whom 42 had cervical discharge while 488 did not. amongst the men, 69.7% of the urethritis cases were due to n. gonorrhoeae while this bacteria could be isolated from 15.3% of the women with cervical exudates. n. gonorrhoeae could be also identified in 5.5% of the pregna ... | 1984 | 6422430 |
| antibiotic susceptibility in relation to serogroup and auxotype of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from gabon. | we tested 75 beta-lactamase-positive (penicillinase-producing neisseria gonorrhoeae; ppng) and 147 beta-lactamase negative (non-ppng) strains of n. gonorrhoeae obtained during a two-year period in franceville, a semirural community in southeastern gabon, for susceptibility to antimicrobial agents, auxotype, and serotype. the most common auxotypes were the nonrequiring and proline-requiring strains. of the non-ppng strains tested, 37% belonged to serogroup wi, 48% to serogroup wii, and 15% could ... | 1987 | 3116685 |
| changing antibiotic susceptibility of neisseria gonorrhoeae in franceville, gabon. | susceptibilities to penicillin, cefotaxime, kanamycin, tetracycline, and spectinomycin were measured for 5 reference strains and 302 neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates collected between 1980 and 1985. after an initial rise, the number of penicillinase-producing strains decreased. a gradual decrease in susceptibility to spectinomycin and the appearance of tetracycline-resistant strains were also documented. | 1987 | 2957956 |