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 …

Acute gonorrhea in women is characterized by a mucopurulent exudate that contains
polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) with intracellular gonococci. Asymptomatic infections …

This detailed book addresses the continual development and application of new methods
and protocols to understand the biology of the pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Beginning …

Individual Neisseria gonorrhoeae colony opacity-associated (Opa) protein variants can bind
up to four different carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule (CEACAM) …

Women with asymptomatic Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection are at risk of developing pelvic
inflammatory disease (PID) if the bacteria ascend from the endocervix into the uterus and …

We have studied the effect of human bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ngo) on
the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and the transcriptional activation of inflammatory …

Gonorrhea, an obligate human infection, is on the rise worldwide and gonococcal strains
resistant to many antibiotics are emerging. Appropriate antimicrobial treatment and …

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

Mouse models of infection are important tools in the study of infectious disease or host the
development of products to prevent or treat infections. The estradiol-treated mouse model of …

Murine models of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lower reproductive tract infection are valuable
systems for studying N. gonorrhoeae adaptation to the female host and immune responses …