Contact dermatitis from a gonococcal discharge: a case report.
A 53-year-old man with gonococcal urethritis had an erythrematous and vesicular eruption on the left inner thigh at the level of the tip of his penis. It is suggested that this lesion represented dermatitis caused by gonococcal endotoxin in the urethral discharge.
D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae; D013848:Thigh