Gonococcal septicaemia presenting as a subcutaneous abscess

Br J Vener Dis. 1981 Apr;57(2):143-4. doi: 10.1136/sti.57.2.143.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / etiology*
  • Adult
  • Gonorrhea / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sepsis / complications*
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / etiology*