Disseminated gonococcal infection in a homosexual man diagnosed by nucleic acid amplification testing from a skin lesion swab

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 348-349

  Read, P ^a   Abbott, R ^b   Pantelidis, P ^c   Peters, B S ^a,d   White, J A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; EMTRICITABINE; NEVIRAPINE; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THROAT; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 53549135773     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030817     Document Type: Article

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