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. 1981 Oct;57(5):325–326. doi: 10.1136/sti.57.5.325

Disseminated gonococcal infection due to a β-lactamase-producing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a case report

J Thompson *, J M Dunbar †, A Van Gent *, R Van Furth *
PMCID: PMC1045957  PMID: 6794856

Abstract

A β-lactamase-producing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with nutritional requirements for arginine, hypoxanthine, and uracil was isolated from the knee-joint fluid, the genital tract, and the sexual partner of a woman presenting with gonococcal arthritis.

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