The Pathobiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lower Female Genital Tract Infection

JL Edwards, EK Butler - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Infection and disease associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the gonococcus, continue to
be a global health problem. Asymptomatic and subclinical gonococcal infections occur at a …

[HTML][HTML] Gonorrhea-an evolving disease of the new millennium

SA Hill, TL Masters, J Wachter - Microbial cell, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Etiology, transmission and protection: Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus) is the
etiological agent for the strictly human sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. Infections …

Biology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and the Clinical Picture of Infection

CA Ison - Sexually transmitted infections and sexually transmitted …, 2011 - Springer
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative bacterium of gonorrhoea, the second most common
bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI). It is an obligate human pathogen and colonises …

[HTML][HTML] Human immune responses and the natural history of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection

A Lovett, JA Duncan - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The intimate relationship between humans and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections span
centuries, which is evidenced in case reports from studies dating back to the late 1700s and …

The Molecular Mechanisms Used by Neisseria gonorrhoeae To Initiate Infection Differ between Men and Women

JL Edwards, MA Apicella - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular mechanisms used by the gonococcus to initiate infection exhibit gender
specificity. The clinical presentations of disease are also strikingly different upon comparison …

Biology of the gonococcus: disease and pathogenesis

J Shaughnessy, S Ram, PA Rice - Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Methods and …, 2019 - Springer
Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is a major public health problem worldwide. The increasing
incidence of gonorrhea coupled with global spread of multidrug-resistant isolates of …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae infects the heterogeneous epithelia of the human cervix using distinct mechanisms

Q Yu, LC Wang, S Di Benigno, SD Gray-Owen… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Sexually transmitted infections are a critical public health issue. However, the mechanisms
underlying sexually transmitted infections in women and the link between the infection …

Challenges in managing gonorrhea and new advances in prevention

EC Ewers, JM Curtin, A Ganesan - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2023 - id.theclinics.com
Challenges in Managing Gonorrhea and New Advances in Prevention - Infectious Disease
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Cervicovaginal Microbiota Predicts Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Presentation

A Lovett, AC Seña, AN Macintyre… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection of the female lower genital tract can present with a
spectrum of phenotypes ranging from asymptomatic carriage to symptomatic cervical …

Gonorrhoea

M Unemo, HS Seifert, EW Hook III, S Hawkes… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted infection (STI)
gonorrhoea, which has an estimated global annual incidence of 86.9 million adults …