Gonorrhea classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
Based on anatomic location, gonorrhea may be classified into three subtypes: urogenital, extragenital, and disseminated gonococcal infection. Additionally, gonococcal infections may be classified into many subtypes according to the affected organ system.[1][2][3]
Classification
Classification
Based on anatomic location, gonorrhea may be classified into three subtypes: urogenital, extragenital, and disseminated gonococcal infection.[1][2][3]
- Urogenital infection
- Urogenital infection in women
- Urogenital infection in men
- Extragenital infection
- Disseminated gonococcal infection
Gonococcal infections may be classified into many subtypes according to the affected organ system.
- Abscess gonococcal
- Acute gonorrhea of genitourinary tract
- Chronic gonorrhea
- Gonococcal anal infection
- Gonococcal bursitis
- Gonococcal cystitis
- Gonococcal epididymo-orchitis
- Gonococcal female pelvic infection
- Gonococcal heart disease
- Gonococcal hepatitis
- Gonococcal infection of eye
- Gonococcal infection of the central nervous system
- Gonococcal keratosis
- Gonococcal lymphangitis of penis
- Gonococcal perihepatitis
- Gonococcal peritonitis
- Gonococcal prostatitis
- Gonococcal seminal vesiculitis
- Gonococcal spondylitis
- Gonococcal synovitis or tenosynovitis
- Gonococcal tysonitis
- Gonococcal urethritis
- Gonococcemia
- Gonorrhea of pharynx
- Gonorrhea of rectum
- Gonorrhea with local complication
- Maternal gonorrhea during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Neonatal gonococcal infection
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Workowski KA, Bolan GA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015). “Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015”. MMWR Recomm Rep. 64 (RR-03): 1–137. PMID 26042815.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rompalo AM, Hook EW, Roberts PL, Ramsey PG, Handsfield HH, Holmes KK (1987). “The acute arthritis-dermatitis syndrome. The changing importance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis”. Arch Intern Med. 147 (2): 281–3. PMID 3101626.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rice PA (2005). “Gonococcal arthritis (disseminated gonococcal infection)”. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 19 (4): 853–61. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2005.07.003. PMID 16297736.
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