Gonorrhoea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Clinical criteria
Any person with at least one of the following eleven:
- Urethritis
- Acute salpingitis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Cervicitis
- Epididymitis
- Proctitis
- Pharyngitis
- Arthritis
- Purulent conjunctivitis
- Perihepatitis
- Bartholinitis
OR
Any newborn child with conjunctivitis
Laboratory criteria
At least one of the following three:
- Isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a clinical specimen
- Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid in a clinical specimen
- Microscopic detection of intracellular gram negative diploccocci in an urethral male specimen
Epidemiological criteria
An epidemiological link by human to human transmission (sexual contact or vertical transmission)
Case classification
A. Possible case
N/A
B. Probable case
Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with an epidemiological link
C. Confirmed case
Any person meeting the laboratory criteria
Last Updated: 22nd November 2022