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BASICS
Description
Gonorrhea is a sexually or vertically transmitted bacterial infection that has a predilection for epithelial cells.
- Caused by the gram-negative intracellular diplococci, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; virtually any mucosal membrane can be infected.
- Infection commonly manifests itself as urethritis, salpingitis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), epididymitis, or proctitis.
- Hematogenous dissemination may also occur and lead to fever, skin lesions, arthralgias, purulent arthritis, tenosynovitis, endocarditis or, rarely, meningitis.
- Asymptomatic carrier state can occur in both sexes.
- In newborns, gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum, a purulent conjunctivitis, may occur after vaginal delivery by an infected mother and may lead to blindness if not treated promptly.
- System(s) affected: Cardiovascular; Musculoskeletal; Nervous; Reproductive; Skin/Exocrine
- Synonym(s): GC; Clap
Epidemiology
- Predominant age: 15–24 ...
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