Gonococcal pharyngeal infection.

Abstract

Gonococcal infection of the oral cavity is not new. Luys (1921) stated that blennorragie buccale in newborn babies occurred with relative frequency, together with gonococcal ophthalmia, and that both could cause pronounced symptoms. He stated further that blennorragie buccale also occurred in adults, but less frequentlv than rectal gonorrhoea. Janet (1929) stated that he had observed three cases in prostitutes in whom the mouth had been a reservoir for gonococci leading to gonorrhoeal urethritis amongst their clients.