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== Clinical Presentation == |
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=== Anorectal gonorrhea === |
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* Often asymptomatic |
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* Can cause anorectal pain, discharge, and pruritis |
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* Anal intercourse not required, especially in women |
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== Diagnosis == |
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* Resistance |
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** MDR gonorrhea: resistance to one of azithromycin or a cephalosporin |
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** XDR if resistance to both azithromycin and a cephalosporin |
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Revision as of 15:20, 27 August 2019
Clinical Presentation
Anorectal gonorrhea
- Often asymptomatic
- Can cause anorectal pain, discharge, and pruritis
- Anal intercourse not required, especially in women
Diagnosis
- Resistance
- MDR gonorrhea: resistance to one of azithromycin or a cephalosporin
- XDR if resistance to both azithromycin and a cephalosporin
References
- ^ I Martin, P Sawatzky, V Allen, B Lefebvre, LMN Hoang, P Naidu, J Minion, P Van Caeseele, D Haldane, RR Gad, G Zahariadis, A Corriveau, G German, K Tomas, MR Mulvey. Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Canada, 2012–2016. Canada Communicable Disease Report. 2019;45(2/3):45-53. doi:10.14745/ccdr.v45i23a01.
