Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser in 1879 discovered the causative organism, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. His results were published in 1882.

When was the first case of gonorrhea?

Discovery of the infection and its cause

The exact time when gonorrhea started cannot be ascertained. Earliest records of the disease are found from 1161 when the English parliament enacted a law to ensure that the spread of the infection is decreased and curbed.

Where did gonorrhea originally come from?

Gonorrhea comes from the Greek gonos, meaning “seed,” and rhoe, “flow. The disease caused by this bacte- rium was known as “gonorrhea” because early physicians incorrectly thought the purulent discharge was semen.