Gonococcal cervicitis among women seeking fertility care in Uganda: Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and associated factors in a multicenter cross-sectional study
Mohamed Mire Amina, Musa Kasujja, Marie Pascaline Sabine Ishimwe, Amina Aden Ahmed, Hudaifa Iman Yusuf, Theodore Nteziyaremye, Bahja Ahmed Mumin, Ali Abdow Hafsa, Mohamed Farah Ismail, Adam Abdrahim Sulaiman Ebaid, Jean de Dieu Rukamba, Ronard Musinguzi, Sawda Abdikarim Sheikh Isse, Theoneste Hakizi · 2026
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Mohamed Mire Amina and a large team of colleagues measure how common gonorrhea is in women seeking fertility care in Uganda. This infection of the cervix, gonococcal cervicitis, can harm the reproductive tract and cause infertility. Yet data from fertility settings in Uganda were scarce. The team studied 402 women at three tertiary hospitals and grew swabs from the cervix in the lab.
Thirty-four women, 8.5 percent, had the infection, with similar rates at all three sites. Ceftriaxone and azithromycin still worked well against the bacteria. But the bacteria often resisted penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline. Risk factors were many lifetime partners, vaginal douching, oral contraceptive use, HIV infection, and a recent new partner. The authors back treatment guided by culture tests and focused screening in fertility clinics.
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| CREATOR | Mohamed Mire Amina, Musa Kasujja, Marie Pascaline Sabine Ishimwe, Amina Aden Ahmed, Hudaifa Iman Yusuf, Theodore Nteziyaremye, Bahja Ahmed Mumin, Ali Abdow Hafsa, Mohamed Farah Ismail, Adam Abdrahim Sulaiman Ebaid, Jean de Dieu Rukamba, Ronard Musinguzi, Sawda Abdikarim Sheikh Isse, Theoneste Hakizi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |