Aim: to discuss recent epidemiology of gonorrhoea and updates regarding its pathogenesis
with a focus on biochemical aspects of contact and adhesion that preceded its epithelial …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that is the cause of the sexually
transmitted disease gonorrhoea. Recently, there has been a surge in gonorrhoea cases that …

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 …

Aim: to describe the competition between Neisseria gonorrhoeae with the naturally
inhabitant of microbial community right at the outer mucosal surface to authorize infection …

Gonorrhea has been with man since antiquity, being mentioned in the Book of Leviticus of
the Bible and in ancient Chinese writings. Hippocrates, who referred to gonorrhea as …

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

This study was undertaken to examine concomitant roles of pili and colony opacity-
associated proteins (Opa) in promoting Neisseria gonorrhoeae adherence to and invasion …

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease with a high morbidity burden. Despite having
guidelines for its treatment, the incidence of the disease follows an increasing trend …

Experiments in vitro suggest that Neisseria gonorrhoeae surface variation plays a key role in
gonococcal pathogenesis by providing the appropriate bacterial phenotypes to go through …

For a bacterium with a relatively small genome (2 Mb), the presence of many adhesins
stresses the importance of the interaction with host cells for this human pathogen, and it is …