Gonococcal sepsis in a 32-year-old female: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a Gram-negative bacterium which affects the urethra, throat, rectum and cervix of patients and often associated with sexually transmitted infections. The global epidemiology of the disease is not well characterised especially in resource constraint countries due to poor diagnostic capacity and inefficient reporting systems. Although important, little is known about the propensity of this bacterium to cause sepsis in immunocompetent individuals.

Case presentation

A 32-year-old female presented with fever and generalised malaise to a rural hospital in Ghana. The patient had previously been diagnosed as having enteric fever from a neighbouring health facility. Blood and urine samples were collected from the patient and cultured using standard

SUBMITTER: Owusu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916728 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature