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A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman.

ΤίτλοςA Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsRomiopoulos, I., Pyrpasopoulou A., Varouktsi A., Simoulidou E., Kontopoulou K., Karantani E., Georgopoulou V., Kitsios K., Mamopoulos A., Antachopoulos C., Karagiannis A., & Roilides E.
JournalCase Rep Infect Dis
Volume2016
Pagination9629761
Date Published2016
ISSN2090-6625
Abstract

We present a case of previously healthy, immunocompetent, 41-year-old woman who developed systemic inflammatory response syndrome secondary to bacteremia. Clinical course was complicated by the simultaneous formation of multiple muscular abscesses, epidural abscess, and septic spondylodiscitis. The patient responded well to prolonged ceftriaxone treatment and was released 10 weeks after initial admission. Spinal lesions and/or pyomyositis individually constitute rare complications of disseminated gonococcal infection. This case, combining both manifestations, is to our knowledge unique. Apropos, diversity of the clinical presentation, and therapeutic challenges for this historical disease are discussed for the practicing physician.

DOI10.1155/2016/9629761
Alternate JournalCase Rep Infect Dis
PubMed ID28116187
PubMed Central IDPMC5223004

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