TREATMENT OF GONOCOCCAL INFECTION BY DIATHERMY

Treatment of Gonococcal Infection by Diathermy

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 Prosthetic Joint Infection

Neisseria gonorrhoea is a common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Disseminated gonococcal infection is an infrequent presentation and rarely can be associated with septic arthritis. Incidence of this infection is rising, both internationally and in older age groups. We present the first documented case of N. gonorrhoea prosthetic joint infection which was successfully treated with lapa...

Gonococcal pharyngeal infection.

Gonococcal infection of the oral cavity is not new. Luys (1921) stated that blennorragie buccale in newborn babies occurred with relative frequency, together with gonococcal ophthalmia, and that both could cause pronounced symptoms. He stated further that blennorragie buccale also occurred in adults, but less frequentlv than rectal gonorrhoea. Janet (1929) stated that he had observed three case...

Gonococcal infection of the penis.

The occurrence of skin lesions in gonococcal bacteraemia is well recognized and well documented (Keil, 1938; Abu-Nassar, Hill, Fred, and Yow, 1963; Kvorning, 1963; O'Sullivan, 1964; Ackerman, Miller, and Shapiro, 1965; Fred, Eiband, Martincheck, and Yow, 1965; Bj6rnberg and Gisslen, 1966). Less well documented is the occurrence of lesions due to direct implantation of gonococci on the skin, eit...