Bacterial, Viral and Infectious Diseases

Gonococcal infections are a major part of sexually transmitted infections among MSM. The rising trend of gonococcal infections in male is alarming and screening of antibiotic resistance is important to treat them. The objective is to isolate gonococci and detect the resistance of gonococci by phenotypic methods from patients attending venereology department. Method: All the patients with cervical discharge or urethral discharge attending venereology department were screened by grams stain and culture was done on Thayir Martin medium. Antibiotic resistance was detected by disc diffusion method as per CLSI guidelines.