Acute gonococcal cervicitis

Acute gonococcal cervicitis is an acute, sexually transmitted mucosal infection of the uterine cervix caused by the Gram-negative diplococcus *Neisseria gonorrhoeae*

Acute gonococcal cervicitis is an acute, sexually transmitted mucosal infection of the uterine cervix caused by the Gram-negative diplococcus *Neisseria gonorrhoeae*

Acute gonococcal cervicitis is an acute, sexually transmitted mucosal infection of the uterine cervix caused by the Gram-negative diplococcus *Neisseria gonorrhoeae* It primarily affects the female lower reproductive tract, where the bacterium infects the columnar and transitional epithelial cells of the endocervix

It primarily affects the female lower reproductive tract, where the bacterium infects the columnar and transitional epithelial cells of the endocervix While frequently asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, the clinical state is characteristically marked by purulent or mucopurulent endocervical exudate, cervical friability with sustained bleeding upon gentle contact, and dysuria or intermenstrual vaginal bleeding If untreated, the acute localized infection can ascend through the upper genital tract...

While frequently asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, the clinical state is characteristically marked by purulent or mucopurulent endocervical exudate, cervical friability with sustained bleeding upon gentle contact, and dysuria or intermenstrual vaginal bleeding

While frequently asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, the clinical state is characteristically marked by purulent or mucopurulent endocervical exudate, cervical friability with sustained bleeding upon gentle contact, and dysuria or intermenstrual vaginal bleeding If untreated, the acute localized infection can ascend through the upper genital tract, leading to serious complications such as endometritis, salpingitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease