Ingram D L, White S T, Durfee M F, Pearson A W
Am J Dis Child. 1982 Nov;136(11):994-6. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970470038010.
This study was performed to determine if gonorrheal infections in children aged 1 to 12 years were frequently associated with sexual contacts. In our study all 14 children who had gonorrhea and who were over 4 years of age and 35% (six) of the 17 children who had gonorrhea and who were between 1 and 4 years old were found to have had sexual contact with older males who were almost always in the extended family. Our study supports the concept that gonorrhea in children over 4 years old is almost always associated with sexual contact. In children between 1 and 4 years old, a history of sexual contact is more difficult to obtain but may be elicited in more than a third of the cases. Hospitalization of the children and identification of extended family members with gonorrhea, followed by additional interviews, were useful procedures in determining who had had sexual contact with the children.
本研究旨在确定1至12岁儿童的淋病感染是否经常与性接触有关。在我们的研究中，所有14名患有淋病且年龄超过4岁的儿童，以及17名患有淋病且年龄在1至4岁之间儿童中的35%（6名），被发现与年长男性有过性接触，这些年长男性几乎总是大家庭中的成员。我们的研究支持这样一种观点，即4岁以上儿童的淋病几乎总是与性接触有关。在1至4岁的儿童中，更难获得性接触史，但在超过三分之一的病例中可能会了解到。对儿童进行住院治疗，并识别患有淋病的大家庭成员，随后进行进一步访谈，这些程序有助于确定哪些人与儿童有过性接触。
