Gram stain of gonococcus in urethral discharge

Gram stain of purulent exudate from the male urethra (x1000) shows polymorphonuclear leukocytes containing numerous intracellular gram-negative diplococci. As expected, Neisseria gonorrhoeae grew from this specimen.

Courtesy of Harriet Provine.

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