TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neisseria gonorrhoeae A1 - Castillo, Melissa Del A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - A commonly reported infectious disease in the United States, gonorrhea is sexually transmitted and principally affects adolescents and young adults. Infants can be infected by passage through an infected birth canal. Children can acquire the disease through sexual play, molestation, and sexual abuse. The principal manifestation of the uncomplicated infection is a urethral or vaginal discharge; however, localized infections of the fallopian tubes, joints, conjunctiva, pharynx, and anus, as well as disseminated infection, can occur. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936287 ER -