“…Gestational DGI increases the risk of perinatal infant morbidity and mortality (6,24,27). Infected mothers may transmit Neisseria gonorrhoeae to their newborns during pregnancy or delivery or in the postpartum period (1,11,13,27). The prevalence of prenatal gonococcal infection has been estimated at about 7.5% among high-risk populations in the United States (1).…”