A diagnosis unmasked by an unusual reaction to ceftriaxone therapy for gonorrhoeal infection

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 404-405

  Chan, Derek J ^a   Michelmore, Harry M ^a   Gold, Julian ^a  

^a S W Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEADACHE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYALGIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; RASH; RECTUM DISEASE; RIGOR; SCREENING; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

EID: 0037961806     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05261.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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