Gonococcal osteomyelitis in a pediatric patient with disseminated gonococcal infection: Implications for antimicrobial management

We report a case of a female teenager with gonococcal septic arthritis of the right shoulder that also caused osteomyelitis of the humeral head. Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a frequently diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in the sexually active teenage population and disseminated go...

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Published in:IDCases
Main Authors: Liakos, William, Schaffler, Benjamin, Rajan, Sujatha, Hagmann, Stefan H.F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7327928/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32637320
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00875
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