Disseminated gonococcal infection in Japan: A case report and literature review

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2039-2043

  Suzaki, Ai ^a   Hayashi, Kentaro ^a   Kosuge, Kotoko ^a   Soma, Masayoshi ^a   Hayakawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disseminated gonococcal infection; Gonococcal arthritis; Gonococcal pharyngitis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED GONOCOCCAL INFECTION; ERYTHEMA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TENOSYNOVITIS; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DERMATITIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; TENOSYNOVITIS; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052837488     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5586     Document Type: Review

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