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Is it possible for you to die from neisseria gonorrhoeae ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibly: It a person developed a complication from disseminated neisseria gonorrheae such as gonococcal endocarditis - this could lead to death.

Answered 1/24/2014

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Yes: I've autopsied two people who have died of it. One from fitz-hugh-curtis infection around the liver, the other from sepsis.

Answered 1/31/2014

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