Disseminated gonococcal infection presenting as vasculitis: A case report

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-91

  Jain, Sangita ^a   Win, Htet Nwe ^a   Chalam, Venkat ^a   Yee, Lian ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRITIS; VASCULITIS;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; TENOSYNOVITIS; URETHRITIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33846456574     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.034546     Document Type: Article

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