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[Uncomplicated gonorrhea and disseminated gonococcal infections--clinical aspects, diagnosis and therapy]
1Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Abstract:
Gonorrhoea is not only the oldest but also still one of the most frequent sexually transmitted diseases. Under therapeutic aspects it seems worthwhile to distinguish between uncomplicated and complicated forms. Uncomplicated gonorrhoea - urethritis being its most important variant - can be cured by adequate single injection treatment while complicated disease cannot. Disseminated infection is one of the major threats of gonococcal infection. The outcome is potentially fatal. Therapeutic considerations today have to take antibiotic-resistant or even multi-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeaestrains into account. Third-generation cephalosporins and second-generation quinolones represent potential alternatives to conventional agents.
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