Disseminated Gonococcal Infection in Japan: A Case Report and Literature Review
Abstract
Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) is quite a rare condition, especially in the Japanese population; only 10 cases have been reported in case notes and minutes. We describe a man in which Neisseria gonorrhoeae was suspected to have infected the patient through his pharynx. He developed chills, fever, tonsillitis, papules, tenosynovitis and migratory polyarthralgia without genitourinary symptoms. After conducting a literature review, we...
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Title
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection in Japan: A Case Report and Literature Review
Published Date
Jan 1, 2011
Journal
Volume
50
Issue
18
Pages
2039 - 2043
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