[Febrile algo-eruptive illness in a French foreign legionnaire returning from Djibouti: gonococcal arthritis].
A French foreign legionnaire returning from Djibouti developed feverish polyarthritis with acral purpura. Diagnostic workup demonstrated gonococcemia contracted during unprotected fellatio. Based on this case report, diagnostic and therapeutic management is described.
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Service de médecine interne, HIA Laveran, Marseille.
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Jacquier
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Saidi
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Le Bougeant
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Molinier
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Morand
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D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015730:Djibouti; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005076:Exanthema / Q000382:microbiology*; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008889:Military Personnel; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047568:Unsafe Sex
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D004318:Doxycycline