METASTATIC INTRAMUSCULAR GONOCOCCAL 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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1926
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-192612000-00012