Potterat J J, Woodhouse D E, Pratts C I, Markewich G S, Fogle J S
Sex Transm Dis. 1983 Jan-Mar;10(1):29-32. doi: 10.1097/00007435-198301000-00006.
During a 12-month period intensive case-finding services (interviewing of patients and tracing of contacts) were provided to 255 women contacts of men who had gonorrhea. Approximately three contacts per case were evaluated, and 50% (374 of 739) of the male contacts were infected. If the 255 symptomatic men whose infection led to (and preceded) enrollment in our study population are excluded, 484 contacts remain, of whom 119 (24.6%) were infected. Nearly half (57 of 119) of the infected contacts were asymptomatic. Active public health intervention was frequently necessary to persuade asymptomatic men to seek medical attention. We recommend that case-finding services be offered to women with gonorrhea who initially present as contacts of infected men.
在为期12个月的时间里，为255名淋病男性患者的女性性伴侣提供了强化病例发现服务（对患者进行访谈并追踪性伴侣）。每个病例大约评估三名性伴侣，50%（739名中的374名）的男性性伴侣受到感染。如果排除255名有症状的男性，这些男性的感染导致了（并先于）他们纳入我们的研究人群，那么剩下484名性伴侣，其中119名（24.6%）受到感染。近一半（119名中的57名）受感染的性伴侣没有症状。经常需要积极的公共卫生干预措施来说服无症状的男性寻求医疗帮助。我们建议为最初作为感染男性性伴侣出现的淋病女性提供病例发现服务。
