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Knee Arthrocentesis in Adults
Published on: February 25, 2022
[Arthritis without urethritis: remember gonococcus]
J-P Le Berre1, J Samy, E Garrabé
1Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin, 69, avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France. mjpleberre@cfibre.fr
Introduction:
Septic arthritis caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is mono or pauciarticular. They represent a nonrare cause of arthritis in sexually active adults. He is necessary to think of it even in the absence of urethritis.
Exegesis:
We report the case of gonococcal arthritis without urethritis in a young man associated with positive synovial fluid culture and negative blood cultures.
Conclusion:
Prompt recognition and treatment of this disease results in cure without aftereffects. The finding of penicillin-resistant organisms reinforces recent recommendations that advanced-generation cephalosporin must be used as initial therapy.
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