Oral gonococcal infection.
Oral ulcerative lesions may strongly resemble one another which can lead to erroneous assumptions in diagnosis. The importance of assembling all the pertinent facts including, at times, microscopic examination and bacterial cultures before instituting treatment is illustrated by this case report of an oral gonococcal infection.
D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology