Surveillance Case Definition
Gonorrhea
CLINICAL DESCRIPTION
A sexually transmitted infection commonly manifested by urethritis, cervicitis,
or salpingitis. More serious manifestations include septicemia, arthritis, skin
lesions and (rarely) endocarditis and meningitis. Infection may be asymptomatic.
CASE CLASSIFICATION
- CONFIRMED
A case that is laboratory confirmed by:
- Isolation of typical gram-negative, oxidase-positive diplococci (presumptive
Neisseria gonorrhoeae) from a clinical specimen, OR
- Demonstration of N. gonorrhoeae in a clinical specimen by detection
of antigen or nucleic acid, OR
- Observation of gram-negative intracellular diplococci in a urethral
smear obtained from a male.
- PROBABLE
- Demonstration of gram-negative intracellular diplococci in an endocervical
smear obtained from a female, OR
- A written morbidity report of gonorrhea submitted by a physician.
- POSSIBLE