Gonococcal Infections: Multimedia

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Further Reading

The body of this article is derived from the following references:

• Sparling PF. Gonococcal Infections. In: Cecil RL, Goldman L, Bennett JC, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2000:1743-5.
• Sparling PF, Handsfield HH. Neisseria gonorrhoeae. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone; 2000:2242-58.

Keywords

gonorrhea, gonococcal infection, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, N gonorrhoeae, sexually transmitted disease, STD, the clap, gonorrheal infection, ophthalmia neonatorum, endocervicitis, urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, PID, anterior urethritis, salpingitis, tuboovarian abscess, tubo-ovarian abscess, endometritis, Fitz-Hugh and Curtis syndrome, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, perihepatitis, gonococcal urethritis, gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease, gonococcal PID, gonococcemia, disseminated gonococcal infection, DGI, gonococcal cervicitis, gonococcal pharyngitis, cervical gonorrhea, gonococcal bacteremia, gonococcal arthritis, gonococcal meningitis, gonococcal endocarditis, gonococcal septic arthritis

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