Gonorrhea Testing

Gonorrhea Testing is used in two ways:

1. To identify the cause of symptoms

2. To monitor sexually active people

An eventual diagnosis is important for the reason that symptoms of gonorrhea can resemble Chlamydia clinically and the two disorders need different treatment.

There are more than a few methods available for gonorrhea testing, but the favored method of testing at present is the molecular test. This test is based on intensification of the DNA that is present in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. Molecular testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae is presently the standard and is extensively utilized. The advantage of molecular tests is that they are usually more sensitive and exact than conventional culture and can consequently identify more positive specimens.

In men, a rapid method of gonorrhea testing that might be used in a clinic or doctor's office is the gram stain, which lets the doctor to look at a sample from the urethra for the presence of the bacteria by means of a microscope. This technique is not used on samples from women.

Gonorrhea Testing and Chlamydia Testing is usually done at the same time as the two organisms have comparable clinical signs and symptoms.