(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 ...

What begins as joint pain and flu-like symptoms quickly escalates into a life-threatening neurological emergency. Doctors eventually diagnose disseminated gonococcal infection, an uncommon ...

Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) arises when Neisseria gonorrhoeae breaches mucosal barriers and enters the bloodstream, producing a spectrum of systemic manifestations. Although primary ...

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 ...

A single oral dose of the investigational antibiotic zoliflodacin performs as well as intramuscular ceftriaxone (Rocephin, Hoffman-LaRoche) for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital and rectal ...

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 ...

An Alaska woman has died from a severe complication of gonorrhea that is rare but has increased in frequency in the state, health officials reported. The woman, in her 50s, had disseminated gonococcal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Presented at a meeting of the New England Section of the American Urological Association, Boston, February 27, 1941. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.