RT Book, Section
A1 Ram, Sanjay
A1 Rice, Peter A.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141408076
T1 GONOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141408076
RD 2024/04/24
AB Gonorrhea  is  a  sexually  transmitted  infection  (STI)  of  epithelium  and  commonly  manifests  as  cervicitis,  urethritis,  proctitis,  and  conjunctivitis.  If  untreated,  infections  at  these  sites  can  lead  to  local  complications  such  as  endometritis,  salpingitis,  tuboovarian  abscess,  bartholinitis,  peritonitis,  and  perihepatitis  in  female  patients;  periurethritis  and  epididymitis  in  male  patients;  and  ophthalmia  neonatorum  in  newborns.  Disseminated  gonococcemia  is  an  uncommon  event  whose  manifestations  include  skin  lesions,  tenosynovitis,  arthritis,  and  (in  rare  cases)  endocarditis  or  meningitis.