TY - BOOK ID - 145847413 TI - Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections AU - Pérez-Gracia, María-Teresa AU - Suay-García, Beatriz PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Medicine KW - Neisseria gonorrhoeae KW - gonorrhea KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - ciprofloxacin resistance KW - precision treatment KW - Neisseria species KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - commensal KW - pathogenesis KW - host adaptation KW - diagnostic KW - microscopy KW - culture KW - NAAT KW - point-of-care test KW - microfluidic KW - HDAC KW - infection KW - epigenetic KW - H3K9ac KW - macrophage KW - survival KW - cytokines KW - chemokines KW - AMR KW - Neisseria meningitides KW - commensal Neisseria KW - Neisseria KW - meningitidis KW - kissing KW - sharing KW - microbiome KW - transmission KW - sexually transmitted infection KW - diagnosis KW - antibiotic treatment KW - Neisseria gonorrhoeae KW - gonorrhea KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - ciprofloxacin resistance KW - precision treatment KW - Neisseria species KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - commensal KW - pathogenesis KW - host adaptation KW - diagnostic KW - microscopy KW - culture KW - NAAT KW - point-of-care test KW - microfluidic KW - HDAC KW - infection KW - epigenetic KW - H3K9ac KW - macrophage KW - survival KW - cytokines KW - chemokines KW - AMR KW - Neisseria meningitides KW - commensal Neisseria KW - Neisseria KW - meningitidis KW - kissing KW - sharing KW - microbiome KW - transmission KW - sexually transmitted infection KW - diagnosis KW - antibiotic treatment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145847413 AB - 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 existing guidelines for its treatment, the incidence of the disease follows an increasing trend worldwide. This is mainly due to the appearance of antibiotic-resistant strains, inefficient diagnostic methods and poor sexual education. Without an effective vaccine available, the key priorities for the control of the disease include sexual education, contact notification, epidemiological surveillance, diagnosis and effective antibiotic treatment. This Special Issue focuses on some of these important issuesm such as the molecular mechanisms of the disease, diagnostic tests and different treatment strategies used to combat gonorrhea. ER -