Laboratory tests like gram stain, culture tests, or DNA tests are useful to diagnose gonorrhea. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces but does not completely eliminate the risk of ...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria revealed in the gram-stain image of a urethral discharge specimen, 1975. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / Joe Miller. (Photo by Smith Collection ...

Gram-stain photomicrograph of a urethral exudate, revealing both intracellular and extracellular gram-negative diplococci, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, 1974. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control ...

Gonorrhea most commonly occurs in your genital tract, but it can also occur in your throat or anus. Chlamydia It can cause urethritis and proctitis (infection of the rectum) in both men and women.

This patient, with gram-negative intracellular diplococci bilaterally on gram stain, ... (Neisseria gonorrhea) with gram-negative staining in culture media. Full size image.