Bacteriology for nurses / [Isabel McIsaac].

  • Isabel McIsaac
Date:
1914
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    slightly flattened sides, and like the meningococcus it is found in the pus cells; but the two germs are not often confused, as they are almost never found in the same tissues. Special culture media are required for the artificial growth of the gono- coccus, which is sensitive to drying and variations of temperature. While gonorrhoea is primarily an inflammation of the urethra, the infection is by no means locahzed, and may cause far-reaching and disastrous results, particularly in women. Stricture of the urethra is the most common result in men; but in women the uterus. Fallopian tubes, and the peritoneum are frequently infected, resulting in a train of serious disorders which necessitate extensive surgical opera- tions, and in nearly, if not quite all cases cause sterility. Gonorrhoea ophthalmia, which is the cause of 10 per cent of all cases of blindness, occurs in the new- born from infection from the mother, and in later cases the infection may be carried to the eyes by hands, handkerchiefs, towels, or any object which may have been handled or touched by a person suffering from gonorrhoea. The gonococcus may gain entrance to the blood and be carried in the circulation to all parts of the body; the synovial membranes covering the joints
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