Disseminated Gonococcal Infection Presenting as Isolated Septic Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

is a gram-negative diplococcus that passes from one person to another through sexual contact. On rare occasions, may spread from the primary mucosal site to distant parts of the body and present with signs of systemic illness; this is commonly known as disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). We pr...

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Published in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 16; no. 8; p. e66071
Main Authors:	Sousou, John M, Talati, Jay, Mikulas, Christopher J, Grogan, Ansley T, Farah, James E, Reddy, Pramod
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Cureus Inc 03-08-2024 Cureus
Subjects:	Arthritis Asymptomatic Bone surgery Case reports Dermatitis Disease Edema Erythema Females Fingers & toes Gonorrhea Hospitals Infections Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Magnetic resonance imaging Medicine Orthopedics Pain Patients Pregnancy Sexual behavior United States > US gonococcal bacteremia polyarthralgia neisseria gonorrhoeae disseminated gonorrhea septic arthritis gonorrhea
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