Prevention of Gonococcal Eye Infection in Newborns

Gonococcal arthritis (disseminated gonococcal infection).

Septic arthritis caused by N gonorrhoeae is monoarticular or pauciarticular, and is more commonly associated with positive synovial fluid cultures and negative blood cultures. Gonococcal bacteremia is more likely to be associated with polyarthralgias and skin lesions. The diagnosis of gonococcal arthritis or DGI is also secure if a mucosal gonococcal infection is documented in the presence of a...

Accidental gonococcal infection of a child's eye. Unusual source of infection.

Incidence of Non-Gonococcal Infection in Childbearing and Pregnant Women in Ardabil

Non-gonococcal infections causes are made up of Chlamydia trachomatis (one of the most common infection Non-Gonococcal), Ureaplasma urealyticum (a possible causal in acute pyelonephritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, curiuamniutis, bacterial vaginosis, preterm birth, Non-Gonococcal urethritis, miscarriage, infertility and spontaneous abortion), Gardnerella vaginalis and Streptococcus agalactiae...

Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection

Neisseria gonorrhoea is a common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Disseminated gonococcal infection is an infrequent presentation and rarely can be associated with septic arthritis. Incidence of this infection is rising, both internationally and in older age groups. We present the first documented case of N. gonorrhoea prosthetic joint infection which was successfully treated with lapa...

Gonococcal pharyngeal infection.

Gonococcal infection of the oral cavity is not new. Luys (1921) stated that blennorragie buccale in newborn babies occurred with relative frequency, together with gonococcal ophthalmia, and that both could cause pronounced symptoms. He stated further that blennorragie buccale also occurred in adults, but less frequentlv than rectal gonorrhoea. Janet (1929) stated that he had observed three case...