The requirement for intimate contact to permit transmission makes gonorrhea a classic sexually transmitted … 展开

In males, urethral infection may be asymptomatic or present as a painful but ultimately self-limited urethral inflammation. Acute gonococcal urethritis is characterized by an exuberant granulocytic inflammatory discharge. Fortu… 展开

The only rapid test for gonococcal infection is microscopic examination of stained secretions. Detection of polymorphonuclear leucocytes with intracellular Gram-negative diplococci in urethral exudates is reliable for the diagnosis of … 展开

N. gonorrhoeae (and N. meningitidis) are obligate human pathogens. These organisms do not produce a specific product or "toxin" that accounts for the symptoms of gonorrhea. Rather it is the ability of these or… 展开

The gonococcus is a model of adaptability, having developed resistance to sulfonamides, penicillins, tetracyclines, and, recently, to fluoroquinolones. Nevertheless, any individual gonococcal strain has a high probability of bei… 展开