RT Book, Section A1 Boslett, Bryn A. A1 Bystritsky, Rachel A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R. SR Print(0) ID 1193136837 T1 Gonococcal Infections T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781264687343 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193136837 RD 2024/04/25 AB ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISPurulent, profuse urethral discharge with dysuria, especially in men; yields positive smear.Men: urethritis, epididymitis, prostatitis, proctitis, pharyngitis.Women: cervicitis with purulent discharge, or asymptomatic, yielding positive culture; vaginitis, salpingitis, proctitis also occur.Disseminated disease: fever, rash, tenosynovitis, and arthritis.The preferred method of diagnosis is testing with nucleic acid amplification.