title: Role of iron in disseminated gonococcal infections.
abstract: Strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from disseminated gonococcal infections have enhanced ability to acquire iron in an experimental host when compared with urogenital gonococcal isolates from patients with uncomplicated infections.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003207:Conalbumin / Q000378:metabolism; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003207:Conalbumin; D007501:Iron