Bacterial confirmation of gonococcal arthritis.

Gonococcal arthritis (disseminated gonococcal infection).

Septic arthritis caused by N gonorrhoeae is monoarticular or pauciarticular, and is more commonly associated with positive synovial fluid cultures and negative blood cultures. Gonococcal bacteremia is more likely to be associated with polyarthralgias and skin lesions. The diagnosis of gonococcal arthritis or DGI is also secure if a mucosal gonococcal infection is documented in the presence of a...

Gonococcal Arthritis

Gonococcal arthritis--a common rarity.

Swediaur (1819) commented on the lack of previous mention of swelling of the knees as a consequence of 'blennorrhagia' and reported that he had personally attended several patients in whom the arthropathy started from the 8th to the 16th day of the illness; it was not until the turn of the century that gonococcal arthritis was eventually defined as a clinical entity in association with gonococc...

Gonococcal arthritis in an infant.

Infections with Neisseria gonorrhoeae usually occur on mucosal surfaces and predominantly on those of the genito-urinary tract and the rectum (Kellogg and Thayer, 1969). Other sites which may be infected include the joints, heart, blood stream, eyes, and mouth. An infected mother may transmit the organism to her offspring in utero. The maternal birth canal is usually the source of the organism ...

An unusual case of gonococcal arthritis.

In cases of gonococcal arthritis the knees, wrists, ankles, hands and feet are the joints most commonly affected. This case is unusual because of the occurrence of gonococcal arthritis in the sacroiliac joint.