Girl contracts gonorrhoea in natural hot pool: case

The 11-year-old "almost certainly" picked up the infection at the popular Italian tourist attraction, say case report authors
Hot pools on the edge of crater lake Specchio di Venere.

An 11-year-old girl “almost certainly” contracted gonorrhoea from bathing in a popular natural hot pool, a forensic physician reports.

The case highlights the importance of considering the possibility of non-sexual transmission in cases of gonorrhoea, the authors say.