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Review
. 1999 Mar;25(3):155-62.
doi: 10.1007/BF02889612.

Gonococcal arthritis

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Gonococcal arthritis

J M Angulo et al. Compr Ther. 1999 Mar.

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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