Gonococcal septicaemia presenting as a subcutaneous abscess.
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Gonococcal septicaemia presenting as a subcutaneous abscess.
In a case of disseminated gonococcal infection the diagnosis was delayed until Neisseria gonorrhoeae was grown from pus from a discharging abscess of the biceps muscle. This unusual skin manifestation appears not to have been reported before.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1981
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.57.2.143