Pearce Carolyn F, Johnson Kelly A, Meshkaty Nessa, Tang Eric C
From the Department of Family Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA.
Sex Transm Dis. 2025 May 1;52(5):e15-e17. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002092. Epub 2024 Oct 31.
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection. Manifestations include asymptomatic infection and disseminated, life-threatening disease. We present two cases of mitral valve gonococcal endocarditis and discuss epidemiologic trends in disseminated gonococcal infection, acknowledging antimicrobial resistance, genetic variability in gonococcal strains, and contextual factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic and sexually transmitted infection control.
淋病是一种性传播感染。其表现包括无症状感染以及播散性、危及生命的疾病。我们报告两例二尖瓣淋菌性心内膜炎病例,并讨论播散性淋球菌感染的流行病学趋势,同时认识到抗菌药物耐药性、淋球菌菌株的基因变异性以及与2019冠状病毒病大流行和性传播感染控制相关的背景因素。