title: American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. Gonorrhea in prepubertal children.
abstract: This statement updates a 1983 statement on this topic and reminds physicians that sexual abuse should be strongly considered when a gonorrheal infection is diagnosed in a child after the newborn period and before the onset of puberty.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D015995:Prevalence; D011627:Puberty