the Journal of Medical Case Reports in September. Gonorrhea is a disease usually transmitted sexually that infects the genitals, rectum and throat, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said."Anyone who is sexually active can get gonorrhea," the CDC said. But researchers at New Zealand's University of Auckland and Austria's University of Salzburg stressed that wasn't the case for the 11-year-old girl.Vaginal swabs used on the girl came back positive for the bacterial pathogen responsible for gonorrhea, but the child's family members tested negative. "The child adamantly denied any sexual contact, and no opportunities for sexual exposure could be identified," the study author said.