title: Gonococcal endocarditis after a threatened abortion. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Disseminated gonocococcal infection arising during pregnancy is an uncommon occurrence. Gonococcemia following a threatened abortion has not been documented previously.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gonococcal arthritis and endocarditis in a 22-year-old primigravida occurred following a midtrimester threatened abortion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since gonococcemia is thought to be secondary to endocervical disruption, chemoprophylaxis in the gravid cardiac patient after a threatened abortion is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pantanowitz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hodkinson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeelie
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000033:Abortion, Threatened / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology