A WOMAN died after an untreated STI invaded her body and attacked her vital organs. The unnamed woman from Alaska, who was in ...

A woman in her 50s died from a rare complication of the bacterial STI this spring, the latest in a recent spike of similar ...

Gonorrhea is an infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. It often develops in the urethra, rectum, or throat, and the bacteria can transmit through vaginal, anal, or oral sex without a condom.

Rectal Symptoms. N. gonorrhoeae passed to the rectum through anal or oral sex can cause symptoms like: ... Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea, ...

As resistance emerges to newer antibiotics in N. gonorrhoeae, it is important to understand the basis for this resistance to allow possible therapeutic interventions, to assess the possibility of ...

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 ...

The bacterium that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is genetically closely related to Neisseria meningitidis—the bacterium that causes meningococcal disease. Their genome is between 80 ...