Ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess in pregnancy: recovery of a penicillinase-producing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

This report describes a patient, 15 weeks pregnant, who developed progressive disease of the female genital tract due to a penicillinase-producing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Standard therapy for gonorrhea did not abort progression of disease, which culminated in a ruptured tubo-ovarian complex in the second trimester of pregnancy.