GONORRHEA IN PREPUBERTAL CHILDREN

Authors
BAYS JA ALEXANDER RC BLOCK RW JOHNSON CF KAIRYS S KANDA MB WAGNER KD GOLDMAN LS SHELLEY GA JENNY C MCHUGH MT
Citation
Ja. Bays et al., GONORRHEA IN PREPUBERTAL CHILDREN, Pediatrics, 101(1), 1998, pp. 134-135
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00314005
Volume
101
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
134 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(1998)101:1<134:GIPC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This statement updates a 1983 statement on this topic and reminds phys icians that sexual abuse should be strongly considered when a gonorrhe al infection is diagnosed in a child after the newborn period and befo re the onset of puberty.