Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections

• Other Authors: Pérez-Gracia, María-Teresa (Editor), Suay-García, Beatriz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; gonorrhea; antimicrobial resistance; ciprofloxacin resistance; precision treatment; Neisseria species; Neisseria meningitidis; commensal; pathogenesis; host adaptation; diagnostic; microscopy; culture; NAAT; point-of-care test; microfluidic; HDAC; infection; epigenetic; H3K9ac; macrophage; survival; cytokines; chemokines; AMR; Neisseria meningitides; commensal Neisseria; Neisseria; meningitidis; kissing; sharing; microbiome; transmission; sexually transmitted infection; diagnosis; antibiotic treatment
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Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the obligate human pathogen"Neisseria gonorrhoeae". This Gram-negative diplococcus is highly infective due to its virulence factors: pili, Por proteins, Opa proteins, Rmp proteins, lipooligosaccharides and IgA protease. Despite existi...