Gonococcal arthritis
- PMID: 10200905
- DOI: 10.1007/BF02889612
Gonococcal arthritis
Abstract
A high index of clinical suspicion; careful culturing of samples from blood, endocervix, urethra, pharynx, skin, synovial fluid and tissue, and rectum; and appropriate antibiotic therapy will rapidly control and prevent more serious complications of disseminated gonococcal infection.
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