Although disseminated gonococcal infection rates are relatively low, researchers said it remains a serious complication of gonorrhea. “Rates of reported gonorrhea have increased in the United ...

From July 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021, the health department identified 149 patients with DGI among 63,338 total gonorrhea infections reported, representing 0.24% of gonorrhea cases.

The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlit the first test for chlamydia and gonorrhea that will allow users to collect samples at home. After HIV, this is the first FDA-authorized test that ...

There were more than 700,000 cases of gonorrhea reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2021. Rates have increased 118% since their record low in 2009, the agency says.

Since 2023, an increasing number of people in Alaska have been showing up at emergency departments with a rare complication of gonorrhea known as “disseminated gonococcal infection.” Instead ...

According to the ASHA, in rare untreated cases, gonorrhea can spread to the blood and joints. This condition is called disseminated gonococcal infection and can be life-threatening. Gonorrhea ...

The woman, in her 50s, had disseminated gonococcal infection, or DGI, in which the bacteria that causes gonorrhea spreads to bodily organs, according to a bulletin issued Monday by the […] ...

If left untreated, gonorrhea can spread to the blood and cause a life-threatening condition called disseminated gonococcal infection in both men and women, which can lead to septic arthritis ...

Gonorrhea can cause pain, discharge, bleeding and other symptoms that can ultimately lead to infertility. Two cases have shown signs of resistance to antibiotics. Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

Gonorrhea and chlamydia are very common infectious diseases that can be passed from one partner to another through oral, anal and vaginal sex without a condom. Both infections can be treated with ...