Division Laboratory Criteria

At least one of the following four:

• Isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a clinical specimen

• Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid in a clinical specimen

• Demonstration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by a non-amplified nucleic acid probe test in a clinical specimen

• Microscopic detection of intracellular Gram-negative diploccocci in an urethral male specimen