Gonococcal septicaemia presenting as a subcutaneous abscess.
In a case of disseminated gonococcal infection the diagnosis was delayed until Neisseria gonorrhoeae was grown from pus from a discharging abscess of the biceps muscle. This unusual skin manifestation appears not to have been reported before.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*