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Acute Gonococcal Infection of Upper Genitourinary Tract

MedGen UID:
83943
•Concept ID:
C0375028
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A gonococcal infection of the upper urinary tract that is rapid in onset. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcute Gonococcal Infection of Upper Genitourinary Tract

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pathogenesis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the female reproductive tract: neutrophilic host response, sustained infection, and clinical sequelae.
Stevens JS, Criss AK
Curr Opin Hematol 2018 Jan;25(1):13-21. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000394. PMID: 29016383Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and laparoscopic grading of acute salpingitis.
Soper DE
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 May;164(5 Pt 2):1370-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)91474-b. PMID: 1827704
Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a pregnancy counseling clinic.
Binns B, Williams T, McDowell J, Brunham RC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988 Nov;159(5):1144-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90433-4. PMID: 3056001
Urinary tract infection among women attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases.
Wong ES, Fennell CL, Stamm WE
Sex Transm Dis 1984 Jan-Mar;11(1):18-23. doi: 10.1097/00007435-198401000-00004. PMID: 6546811

Diagnosis

Observations concerning the microbial etiology of acute salpingitis.
Soper DE, Brockwell NJ, Dalton HP, Johnson D
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1994 Apr;170(4):1008-14; discussion 1014-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70094-x. PMID: 8166184
Diagnosis and laparoscopic grading of acute salpingitis.
Soper DE
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 May;164(5 Pt 2):1370-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)91474-b. PMID: 1827704
Endometrial histopathology in patients with culture-proved upper genital tract infection and laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis.
Kiviat NB, Wølner-Hanssen P, Eschenbach DA, Wasserheit JN, Paavonen JA, Bell TA, Critchlow CW, Stamm WE, Moore DE, Holmes KK
Am J Surg Pathol 1990 Feb;14(2):167-75. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199002000-00008. PMID: 2137304
Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a pregnancy counseling clinic.
Binns B, Williams T, McDowell J, Brunham RC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988 Nov;159(5):1144-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90433-4. PMID: 3056001
Microbiological and histopathological findings in acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
Paavonen J, Teisala K, Heinonen PK, Aine R, Laine S, Lehtinen M, Miettinen A, Punnonen R, Grönroos P
Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1987 May;94(5):454-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1987.tb03125.x. PMID: 3580330

Therapy

Cefuroxime axetil.
Marx MA, Fant WK
Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1988 Sep;22(9):651-8. doi: 10.1177/106002808802200901. PMID: 3063476
Evaluation of an anti-infective combination. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra).
Schiffman DO
JAMA 1975 Feb 10;231(6):635-7. PMID: 1172850

Prognosis

Diagnosis and laparoscopic grading of acute salpingitis.
Soper DE
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 May;164(5 Pt 2):1370-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)91474-b. PMID: 1827704
Endometrial histopathology in patients with culture-proved upper genital tract infection and laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis.
Kiviat NB, Wølner-Hanssen P, Eschenbach DA, Wasserheit JN, Paavonen JA, Bell TA, Critchlow CW, Stamm WE, Moore DE, Holmes KK
Am J Surg Pathol 1990 Feb;14(2):167-75. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199002000-00008. PMID: 2137304
Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a pregnancy counseling clinic.
Binns B, Williams T, McDowell J, Brunham RC
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988 Nov;159(5):1144-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90433-4. PMID: 3056001
Urinary tract infection among women attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases.
Wong ES, Fennell CL, Stamm WE
Sex Transm Dis 1984 Jan-Mar;11(1):18-23. doi: 10.1097/00007435-198401000-00004. PMID: 6546811

Clinical prediction guides

Pathogenesis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the female reproductive tract: neutrophilic host response, sustained infection, and clinical sequelae.
Stevens JS, Criss AK
Curr Opin Hematol 2018 Jan;25(1):13-21. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000394. PMID: 29016383Free PMC Article
Observations concerning the microbial etiology of acute salpingitis.
Soper DE, Brockwell NJ, Dalton HP, Johnson D
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1994 Apr;170(4):1008-14; discussion 1014-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70094-x. PMID: 8166184
Diagnosis and laparoscopic grading of acute salpingitis.
Soper DE
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 May;164(5 Pt 2):1370-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)91474-b. PMID: 1827704
Endometrial histopathology in patients with culture-proved upper genital tract infection and laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis.
Kiviat NB, Wølner-Hanssen P, Eschenbach DA, Wasserheit JN, Paavonen JA, Bell TA, Critchlow CW, Stamm WE, Moore DE, Holmes KK
Am J Surg Pathol 1990 Feb;14(2):167-75. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199002000-00008. PMID: 2137304
On the etiology of epididymitis.
Wolin LH
J Urol 1971 Apr;105(4):531-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)61567-2. PMID: 5556701

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