More and more tiny red spots revealed themselves where no spots should be. Intra-cellular Gram negative diplococci, when found in fluid taken from the spine, could mean only one thing.

The presence of many polymorphonuclear cells and gram-negative diplococci is suggestive of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the etiologic agent of mucopurulent cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).

Orange County listed at No. 7 on list Gram-stain photomicrograph of a urethral exudate, revealing both intracellular and extracellular gram-negative diplococci, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, 1974.

Moderate red white blood cells with gram negative diplococci intracellular Gram-negative coffee bean-shaped diplococci bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea ...

Activated protein C therapy was initiated. Initial blood cultures grew Gram-negative diplococci within 4 hours of patient admission. Speciation revealed N meningitidis.

The diagnosis was made in 9 cases by culturing gonococci from the joint fluid and in 8 cases by finding gram-negative diplococci in a smear of the joint fluid.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a gram-negative diplococcus that causes millions of diseases globally, including those transmitted sexually. There is no vaccination available, so reinfection is probable.