Gonococcal arthritis syndromes: an update on diagnosis and management.
The primary care physician can diagnose gonococcal arthritis with virtual certainty in the presence of migratory polyarthralgia, tenosynovitis of the upper extremity, and characteristic skin lesions. The exquisite antibiotic sensitivity of most gonococcal organisms has made outpatient oral therapy reasonable, with rapid resolution of symptoms usually resulting.
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013577:Syndrome; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis
D000667:Ampicillin; D010400:Penicillin G