Gonococcal arthritis in the elderly.
A 60-year-old women presented with an acute, suppurative, monoarticular arthritis due to N gonorrhoea. Appropriate therapy was delayed because of failure to consider gonococcal infection in the differential diagnosis of pyoarthritis in the elderly. We suggest that this entity should be considered in the managment of acute, suppurative arthritis regardless of the age or physical diability of the patient.
D000367:Age Factors; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged