Gonorrhea: An unusual, accidental and non-sexual case with Prof. Felicity Goodyear-Smith

Gonorrhea: An unusual, accidental and non-sexual case with Prof. Felicity Goodyear-Smith

In a recent article published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the authors report the unusual case of a girl diagnosed with Neisseria gonorrhoeae after bathing in a heavily frequented hot pool at the edge of the crater lake Specchio di Venere ("Mirror of Venus") on Pantelleria Island, Italy.

Joining me today to discuss the case is Professor Felicity Goodyear-Smith. Dr. Goodyear Smith is with the Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care, University of Auckland and coauthor of the case report.

Gonococcus infection probably acquired from bathing in a natural thermal pool: a case report https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-021-03043-6

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(556)

Dengue cases surge in the Tampa Bay area

Dengue cases surge in the Tampa Bay area

A quick look at the dengue situation in Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida.

7 Sep 19min

Drug-resistant Gonorrhea: An urgent threat to public health worldwide

Drug-resistant Gonorrhea: An urgent threat to public health worldwide

Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the bacterium that causes gonorrhea) has become one of the most urgent antimicrobial resistant threats to public health worldwide. Clinicians expect to be confron...

19 Aug 32min

Outbreak News This Week: Ebola, swine flu, dengue, malaria and more

Outbreak News This Week: Ebola, swine flu, dengue, malaria and more

I look at outbreaks around the world over the past week from every continent: Ebola in DRC, malaria in DRC, Lassa in Nigeria, JE in Nepal, polio in Afghanistan, Legionnaires' disease in France, Sri La...

17 Aug 32min

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo continues to spread at an 'alarming and unprecedented rate'

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo continues to spread at an 'alarming and unprecedented rate'

In this news video, I go over the latest numbers from the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition, I look at what some major health organizations, like MSF, WHO ...

8 Aug 19min

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the increased risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI) coinfections

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the increased risk of sexually transmitted infection (STI) coinfections

Women who test positive for bacterial vaginosis (BV) were over three times more likely to also test positive for one or more non-viral sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than women who test negati...

6 Aug 17min

Psilocybin-assisted therapy and severe PTSD

Psilocybin-assisted therapy and severe PTSD

The first U.S. clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy in veterans with PTSD who got no relief from conventional treatments has established that the protocol is safe, causing no serious adverse ...

5 Aug 25min

Heartland virus disease

Heartland virus disease

In this April 2014 interview, Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS, EIS Officer & Neurologist with CDC's Arboviral Diseases Branch discusses the new Heartland virus disease with Outbreak News This Week Radio Show ...

2 Aug 7min

Kidney stones: The tiny concretion that causes so much pain

Kidney stones: The tiny concretion that causes so much pain

On today's show, I'll be looking at is very common medical problem- kidney stones- a problem so common that about 1 in 10 people in the United States suffer from them over their lifetime.   Joining me...

23 Juli 31min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

aftonbladet-krim
svenska-fall
p3-krim
fordomspodden
rss-krimstad
politiken
en-runda-till
flashback-forever
aftonbladet-daily
rss-vad-fan-hande
rss-krimreportrarna
rss-sanning-konsekvens
rss-flodet
svd-ledarredaktionen
motiv
rss-frandfors-horna
omni-podd
rss-expressen-dok
rss-utopia-2
spar