The Full Form of DGI is Disseminated Gonococcal Infection.

Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) results from bacteremic spread of the sexually transmitted pathogen, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which can lead to a variety of clinical symptoms and signs, such as arthritis or arthralgias, tenosynovitis, and multiple skin lesions.

Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) is estimated to occur in 0.5 to 3 percent of patients infected with N. gonorrhoeae

Most patients with DGI are younger than 40 years of age, although DGI can occur in any age group. Historically, DGI occurred more frequently in females than males; however, that sex ratio may be reversing, with increases in gonococcal infection in general among males, and because DGI might be more common among HIV-infected individuals (of whom males comprise the majority in North America and Western Europe)