Serologic Diagnosis of Gonococcal Infection
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Andrology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0148-5016
DOI: 10.3109/01485017908988425