(1) Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Abstract:
Gonorrheal infection is an important sexually transmitted disease. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is responsible for about one-third to one-half of cases of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Spinal osteochondrosis is an important complication of chronic gonococcal PID. Rehabilitative intervention plays an important role for coping with this condition. In addition to gonococcal PID, congenital gonorrhea and gonococcal prostatitis are the other two important conditions that relate to spinal disability.