Emele F E, Anyiwo C E
Medical Microbiology Department, Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Acta Paediatr. 1998 Dec;87(12):1295-6. doi: 10.1080/080352598750031004.
The prevalence and mode of spread of gonococcal infections was studied among prepubertal children in Nigeria. Of 16 children with symptoms suggestive of sexually transmissible diseases (STD), 9 (56%) had gonorrhoea, while no causative organism was found in 7. The majority (7; 78%) of the gonococcal isolates produced penicillinase. Three of the cases were by child-to-child transmission, with female peers as the initiators. Prepubertal children should no longer be ignored as propagators of STD.
在尼日利亚的青春期前儿童中研究了淋球菌感染的患病率和传播方式。在16名有性传播疾病（STD）症状的儿童中，9名（56%）患有淋病，7名未发现致病生物体。大多数（7名；78%）淋球菌分离株产生青霉素酶。其中3例是儿童间传播，由女性同伴发起。青春期前儿童作为性传播疾病的传播者不应再被忽视。
