Throat and anal infections can also occur following receptive oral and anal intercourse. PID due to gonorrhea may have symptoms of fever, deep pelvic pain or pain on intercourse but is often without symptoms. Infection of the rectum or throat may also occur, usually without symptoms. Babies born to infected mothers can become infected as they pass through the infected cervix and may develop gonococcal conjunctivitis soon after birth. Diagnosis is made by microscopic examination and growth of bacteria from a sample of discharge from the cervix or urethra.
Adult gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease.
Babies may be infected as they pass through an infected cervix during birth. Incubation period Usually 2-7 days, sometimes longer. Infectious period Months if untreated. Effective antibiotic therapy results in the person becoming uninfectious within hours. Control of spread No sex, or use condoms, until antibiotic treatment is completed.