Oropharyngeal gonorrhea in absence of urogenital gonorrhea in sexual network of male and female participants, australia, 2018

Abstract

We describe a sexual network consisting of 1 nonbinarygendered participant and 2 male and 4 female participants in Australia, 2018. Six of 7 participants had oropharyngeal gonorrhea in the absence of urogenital gonorrhea. This observation supports a new paradigm of gonorrhea transmission in which oropharyngeal gonorrhea can be transmitted through tongue kissing.