title: Disseminated gonococcal infection in a patient with prior total abdominal hysterectomy.
abstract: A patient who had previously had a total abdominal hysterectomy developed disseminated gonococcal infection arising from a primary vaginal focus. This first report of a case demonstrates that disseminated gonococcal disease can occur from genital sites despite the absence of a uterus or cervix.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications