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Rare presentation of vertebral discitis, osteomyelitis and polyarticular septic arthritis due to disseminated Neisseria gonorrhea infection
العنوان: | Rare presentation of vertebral discitis, osteomyelitis and polyarticular septic arthritis due to disseminated Neisseria gonorrhea infection |
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المؤلفون: | Moni Roy, Sharjeel Ahmad, Ashish Kumar Roy |
المصدر: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 55-59 (2020) |
بيانات النشر: | Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2020. |
سنة النشر: | 2020 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Internal medicine |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections, neisseria gonorrhea, discitis, osteomyelitis, Internal medicine, RC31-1245 |
الوصف: | Disseminated Neisseria gonorrhea (N. Gonorrhoeae) infection can present with polyarticular involvement. Acute vertebral discitis/osteomyelitis due to this organism infection has been rarely reported. We present a case of vertebral discitis and osteomyelitis due to N. gonorrhea in an immunocompetent host, treated successfully with a prolonged antibiotic course. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2000-9666 20009666 |
Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2000-9666 |
DOI: | 10.1080/20009666.2019.1710930 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/769795f09b12404d8df951afe76d0a64 |
رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.769795f09b12404d8df951afe76d0a64 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 20009666 |
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DOI: | 10.1080/20009666.2019.1710930 |