Three Cases of Gonococcal Pharyngitis

Gonococcal pharyngitis.

The causative organism of gonorrhoea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, has a special predilection for columnar epithelium. It is a delicate organism easily destroyed by heat, drying, mild antiseptics, and soap solutions. Transference of infection occurs when moist infective discharges come into contact with susceptible mucous membranes. Although the usual portal of entry of N. gonorrhoeae is the lower ge...

Transfer of gonococcal pharyngitis by kissing?

The relationship to fellatio is shown in a report by Wiesner, Tronca, Bonin, Petersen, and Holmes (1973) from the U.S.A. in which the incidence in homosexual males was fourteen out of 143 (9-8 per cent.) compared with three out of 217 (1 4 per cent.) in heterosexual males. Also from the U.S.A., Owen and Hill (1972) reported finding pharyngeal gonorrhoea in eleven out of 79 (13 9 per cent.) homo...

Herpetic Pharyngitis and Stomatitis. a Report of Three Cases.

Neonatal gonococcal arthritis: three cases and review of the literature.

Gonococcal pharyngeal infections. Report of 110 cases.

Routine examination for gonorrhoea has hitherto been aimed at the demonstration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in secretions from the urethra, cervix, and rectum. Bacteriological investigation has been limited to the genital organs directly implicated in sexual intercourse, to adjacent sites often involved in gonococcal infection, and the rectum in homosexual men. It has been almost completely disreg...