Gonococcal septicaemia presenting as a subcutaneous abscess.
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 57 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981