Today, infections attributed to Neisseria gonorrhoeae continue to be a national and
international problem, despite the fact that antibiotic therapy is available. This chapter …

The molecular mechanisms used by the gonococcus to initiate infection exhibit gender
specificity. The clinical presentations of disease are also strikingly different upon comparison …

Liu et al.(2011) summarize our current understanding of how the gonococcus subverts the
immune system, and takes advantage of the immune privilege of the genital tract to foster an …

The bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus) is able to colonize and
penetrate the human mucosa, to avoid the host's defences and to persist in various …

In this review I shall describe work carried out, in collaboration with my colleagues in
Southampton, correlating knowledge of gonococcal structure with an understanding of the …

Infection and disease associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the gonococcus, continue to
be a global health problem. Asymptomatic and subclinical gonococcal infections occur at a …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease
gonorrhoea. Gonorrhoea has been recorded in man throughout the medieval and modern …

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 …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a mucosal pathogen limited to the human host. Infection with
gonococci does not elicit protective immunity. The pathogenesis of gonococcal infection …

The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea.
Although diverse clinical manifestations are associated with gonorrhoea, ranging from …