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. 1981 Apr;57(2):143–144. doi: 10.1136/sti.57.2.143

Gonococcal septicaemia presenting as a subcutaneous abscess.

N O Owino, D Goldmeier, R A Wall
PMCID: PMC1045892  PMID: 7214122

Abstract

In a case of disseminated gonococcal infection the diagnosis was delayed until Neisseria gonorrhoeae was grown from pus from a discharging abscess of the biceps muscle. This unusual skin manifestation appears not to have been reported before.

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