Rare complication from gonorrhea infection results in Alaska death

Alaskan Woman’s Death From Gonorrhea Sparks Fears of a New Strain

A woman in her 50s died from a rare complication of the bacterial STI this spring, the latest in a recent spike of similar cases in the state.

Rare complication from gonorrhea infection results in Alaska death

There was no record of the woman being tested for gonorrhea in the year prior to her death, an official bulletin said.

Rare complication from gonorrhea infection results in Alaska death, officials report

Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which cause gonorrhea, are seen in a scanning electronic micrograph. The image was captured by the Research Technologies Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. Alaska officials have now recorded a death from disseminated gonococcal infection, a rare complication of the sexually transmitted disease. (Image provided by the National Insti…