gonorrhea
sexually transmitted infection
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Gonorrhea is an infectious disease.[1]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: primary bacterial infectious disease[4], gonococcal infectious diseases[5], uterine disease[6], eye disease[7], fallopian tube disease[8], urethral disease[9], anal disease[10], sexually transmitted infection[11], classic venereal disease[12], disease[13]
- Commons category: Gonorrhea[14]
- Symptoms and signs: excretion[15], pain[16], pelvic pain[17], vaginal discharge[18], dysuria[19], testicular pain[20]
- Has cause: Neisseria gonorrhoeae[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gonorrhea[22]
- Medical examination: optical microscope[23], polymerase chain reaction[24], microbiological culture[25]
- Anatomical location: urethra[26], uterus[27], throat[28], fallopian tube[29], eye[30], prostate[31], joint[32], meninges[33], tonsil[34], rectum[35]
- Commons gallery: Gonorrhoea[36]
- Described at URL: http://bacsisaigon.net/benh-lau.html[37]
- Disease transmission process: sexually transmitted infection[38]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[42]
- ICD-9-CM: 098[43]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C92950[44]
- Health specialty: dermatology[45], urology[46], gynaecology[47]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: ceftriaxone[48], moxifloxacin[49], troleandomycin[50], probenecid[51], ciprofloxacin[52], cefixime[53], bacampicillin[54], cefuroxime[55], enoxacin[56]
Why It Matters
gonorrhea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] gonorrhea is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]