Peritonitis remains a leading complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). About 18% of the infection-related mortality in PD patients is a result of peritonitis. We present a case of peritonitis in a patient on automated PD in whom the infection was not related to a break in PD technique, but to an unusual cause: retrograde transmission of a gonococcal organism.

DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082015AI3024 A 39-year-old man, MAFS, was admitted to ophthalmology emergency service of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo reporting low vision and ocular hyperemia with purulent discharge for 12 days in the left eye, but without complaints in the right eye. The patient administered ciprofloxacin drop every 3 hours. Upon examination, he had diffuse ocular hyperemia, che...

The Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP) is a laboratory network that monitors the susceptibility of gonococcal isolates to antibiotics used in the treatment of infection. This report evaluates and reports on the simplicity, flexibility, sensitivity, representativeness, timeliness and acceptability of the AGSP. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Questionnaire for Assessment of...

Gonorrhea is a highly prevalent disease resulting in significant morbidity worldwide, with an estimated 106 cases reported annually. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent of gonorrhea, colonizes and infects the human genital tract and often evades host immune mechanisms until successful antibiotic treatment is used. The alarming increase in antibiotic-resistant strains of N. gonorrhoeae, t...

Background Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. It is the commonest cause of non-gonococcal urethritis in men and can cause serious complications in the female reproductive tract if left untreated. Objective The aim of this study is to establish the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in symptomatic patients attending the

According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) prevalence and incidence estimates for 2005, gonorrhoea is the second most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection worldwide. Antimicrobial resistance among gonococci is worsening and multidrugresistant strains, no longer responsive to oral cephalosporins, are now circulating in the Western Pacific region and emerging in other parts of ...

126 female patients with proven gonococcal infection were treated with 4 g. spectinomycin bihydrochloride given intramuscularly in a single does. In 120 cases followed up there were four possible treatment failures, giving a cure rate of 97-6 per cent. 99 male patients with acute gonococcal urethritis were treated with a single dose of 2, g. sectinomycin bihydrochloride. Of 88 cases followed up...

A case of heterosexual transmission of Neisseria meningitidis group A by fellatio, which resulted in acute purulent urethritis in the male partner, is presented. The emotional impact of a mistaken diagnosis of gonococcal infection and the need to treat asymptomatic throat carriage in sexual contacts makes early recognition of meningococcal infection important in this unusual circumstance.

A protein profile disclosed no abnormalities except for mild hypoalbuminaemia (30 g/W). Antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigens and hepatitis B core antigens were positive. A test for hepatitis surface B antigen was negative. Complement C3 and C4 were normal. Immunoglobulin A was 5 g/l (normal <3-75). Tests for IgG and IgM, rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibodies, the Veneral Disease ...

Abstract Background Neisseria gonorrhoeae has developed resistance to all antimicrobials used treat gonorrhoea, with even ceftriaxone being undermined. It is therefore important examine any potential redeploy older routinely for other infections ceftriaxone-resistant gonococcal infections. Objectives We examined the susceptibility of N. aztreonam, chloramphenicol, co-trimoxazole, fosfomycin, pi...