Screening

Gonorrhea

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
1996

Recommendation

Routine screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae is recommended for:

• Asymptomatic women at high risk of infection.
• All high-risk women should be screened during pregnancy.

There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening all pregnant women, or screening asymptomatic men. Recommendations to screen selected high-risk young men may be made on other grounds.

Routine screening is not recommended for the general adult population.

Ocular antiobiotic prophylaxis of all newborn infants is recommended to prevent gonococcal opthalmia neotatorum.

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd Edition
Screening for Gonorrhea, 1996 (PDF File, 124 KB)

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