Gonococcal arthritis.
A high index of clinical suspicion; careful culturing of samples from blood, endocervix, urethra, pharynx, skin, synovial fluid and tissue, and rectum; and appropriate antibiotic therapy will rapidly control and prevent more serious complications of disseminated gonococcal infection.
Angulo
J M
JM
San Marcos University, Lima, Perú.
Espinoza
L R
LR
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents