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Gonorrhoea

A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.

Key high-yield points

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae - gram-negative diplococcus; kidney-shaped cocci in pairs
  • On microscopy: intracellular gram-negative diplococci within neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leucocytes) - classic finding in urethral discharge

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