Disseminated gonococcal infection: an unusual presentation
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Disseminated gonococcal infection: an unusual presentation
Gonococcus typically affects the mucosal surfaces but in rare cases can spread to bloodstream causing disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). The usual presentation of DGI is rash, polyarthralgia, and tenosynovitis. We present the case of a 23-year-old female who presented to our hospital with pustular rash and tenosynovitis of hand and was sent home on Augmentin. Her symptoms worsened despite...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2000-9666
DOI: 10.3402/jchimp.v6.31841