Disseminated gonococcal infection presenting as vasculitis: a case report
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Cutaneous vasculitis as the sole manifestation of disseminated gonococcal infection: case report.
One of the possible systemic complications of gonorrhoea is disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), which is usually characterised by both skin and joint lesions. While joint involvement ranges from tenosynovitis to suppurative arthritis, cutaneous involvement features varied non-specific patterns often clinically and histologically consistent with vasculitis. We report a case of DGI in which ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.034546