Chronic gonococcal arthritis.
We report a patient with a culture proven low grade gonococcal arthritis of 3 1/2 months' duration instead of the usual presentation as an acute, intense synovitis. Based on our experience gonococcal arthritis should be a consideration in the differential diagnosis of chronic monoarticular arthritis.
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Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
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D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology