Neisseria Gonorrhea Case Study

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Sexually transmitted diseases are known for their prevalence, who they infect, and if they are curable. The subject of this paper focuses around Neisseria gonorrhea. This research paper will talk about the epidemiology, transmission of the disease, clinical factors of the disease, diagnosis of the disease, treatment, and the long lasting problems associated with the disease.
Gonorrhea comes from the group Neisseria and is then classified as Neisseria gonorrhea or N. gonorrhea. According to a book titled Medical Microbiology, N. gonorrhea cells are described as, “Cells are Gram-negative cocci, usually seen in pairs with the adjacent sides flattened ranging from 0.6 to 1.0 um in diameter”(Morse., 1996). In addition, according to an article …show more content…

gonorrhea. According to Badash, the people who are most at risk are those who do not practice abstinence, who have multiple sex partners, and who also have unprotected sex (2013). The CDC also states that anyone who is participating in any sexual activity can be infected and that the most common victims are African Americans and people falling within the age of 15-24. (2014). Sex, as referred to in the prior sentence, includes vaginal, anal and oral sex. The CDC advises that any male who has intercourse with other males should be tested every year. The website goes on to advise that any woman who is sexually active with multiple partners should be tested once a year as well (2014). An article titled Diagnoses, treatment and prevention of gonorrhea, explains that the disease occurs mainly in large-scaled cities (Turner et al., 2014). Knowing who is most at risk for the sexually transmitted disease can help us prevent the disease from …show more content…

In 2013, gonorrhea reports were as high as 333,004 (CDC, 2014). The number of cases reported is not necessarily the true number of how many cases of N. gonorrhea were present in that year. Some cases of the disease are not reported. According to Turner et al. “…Gonorrhea is the second most common bacterial STI in England…” (Turner et al., 2014). The CDC states, “820,000 people in the United States get new gonorrheal infections, and less than half of these infections are detected and reported to the CDC (CDC, 2014). The big concern is how is this disease transmitted from person to person. N. gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease and therefore is transmitted through sex but that is not the only course of transmission. The CDC Gonorrhea Fact sheet explains that it is transmitted through any sexual contact with the male or female genitalia and also can be transmitted through childbirth (2014). The CDC also goes on to explain that ejaculation does not take any part in the spread of Gonorrhea and that certain strains of N. gonorrhea are resistant to drugs (2014). Therefore, if a person believes they may have been contracted with gonorrhea they should seek a physicians help so that they can be diagnosed or so the disease can be ruled out as soon as

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