Transmission of gonorrhoea by artificial insemination.

Gonorrhoea is now pandemic throughout the world with about 150 million cases occurring annually. In the United States alone, the annual incidence of gonorrhoea has been estimated by the Public Health Service at 21 million, and this sharp increase has resulted in many physicians becoming reacquainted with this interesting and complex disease from both the clinical and the epidemiological viewpoints. The following case history illustrates an unusual mechanism of infection. I believe it to be the first case of gonorrhoea transmitted by artificial insemination to have been reported in the medical literature.