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    Gonococcal Disease

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    Basics

    Description

    • 2nd most frequently reported STD in US:
      • Estimated 820,000 new cases per year
      • <50% reported
      • Highest rates in 15–24-yr-old males and females, African Americans
      • Increasing incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM):
        • Higher in HIV-positive individuals
      • Humans only known host
    • Concurrent infection with Chlamydia trachomatis is common
    • Affects the urethra, rectum, cervical canal, pharynx, upper female genital tract, and conjunctiva
    • Urethritis most common presentation in men
    • Often asymptomatic in women

    Etiology

    Neisseria gonorrhoeae:
    • Gram-negative aerobic diplococci

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    TY - ELEC T1 - Gonococcal Disease ID - 307552 ED - Barkin,Adam Z, ED - Barkin,Roger M, ED - Hayden,Stephen R, ED - Rosen,Peter, ED - Schaider,Jeffrey J, ED - Shayne,Philip, ED - Wolfe,Richard E, BT - 5-Minute Emergency Consult UR - https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307552/all/Gonococcal_Disease PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ET - 5 DB - Emergency Central DP - Unbound Medicine ER -