Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from an unexpected site.
We describe a case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from a nipple piercing wound in a homosexual man with pharyngeal gonococcal carriage.
Department of Microbiology, Australian Clinical Labs, 14 Lexington Drive, Bella Vista, NSW 2153, Australia.
Stella
S
Pendle
Holdsworth House Medical Practice, Level 3, 26 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
Timothy
T
Barnes
D046288:Body Piercing; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*