Acceptability of alcohol-based mouthwash as a preventive intervention for pharyngeal gonorrhoea: a pilot study

We investigated whether men who have sex with men (MSM) would use mouthwash daily to prevent throat gonorrhoea.

We recruited 10 participants. We asked them to use a Listerine® alcohol containing mouthwash daily for 14 days. We also surveyed them on mouthwash use. Mouthwash was used at least once daily for 14 days.

We found that all 10 men were willing to use mouthwash on a daily basis, and nine men were willing to use mouthwash after oral sex. We found that the daily use of mouthwash is an acceptable intervention to prevent throat gonorrhoea in MSM.