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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many patients associated with a disseminated gonococcal infections outbreak in California lacked usual symptoms ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Weston said most studies of disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) have been based on case studies or small ...

Heard of gonorrhea? Most likely. What about gonococcal arthritis? Maybe not. Most folks are familiar with what is gonorrhea, but few may know about gonococcal arthritis, a rare side effect of this ...

Complicated and untreatable gonococcal infections due to antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea are outpacing the advancements and development of novel antibiotics and testing technologies. Neisseria ...

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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed the recommendation for use of ocular prophylaxis for gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. This recommendation forms the basis ...

Risk assessment All newborns should receive prophylaxis. However, some newborns are at increased risk, including those with a maternal history of no prenatal care, sexually transmitted infections, or ...

Patients infected with Neisseria gonorrhoea present with intense inflammation resulting in urethral or cervical pus discharge, but the specific immune response to the bacteria is weak and does not ...