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  • A male patient was found to have asymptomatic gonorrhea.
  • The patient's wife did not show any signs of infection, and tests failed to isolate Neisseria gonorrhoeae from her.
  • This may suggest that Candida albicans, a type of yeast, could inhibit the growth of gonorrhea bacteria in the body.

Article Abstract

A case of asymptomatic gonorrhoea in a male patient is described. Failure to isolate Neisseria gonorrhoea from his wife possibly demonstrates inhibitory effect of Candida albicans in vivo on the former organism.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2418043PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.60.708.691DOI Listing

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