RT Book, Section
A1 Boslett, Bryn A.
A1 Bystritsky, Rachel
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184171558
T1 Gonococcal Infections
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184171558
RD 2024/04/23
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISPurulent,  profuse  urethral  discharge  with  dysuria,  especially  in  men;  yields  positive  smear.Men:  urethritis,  epididymitis,  prostatitis,  proctitis,  pharyngitis.Women:  cervicitis  with  purulent  discharge,  or  asymptomatic,  yielding  positive  culture;  vaginitis,  salpingitis,  proctitis  also  occur.Disseminated  disease:  fever,  rash,  tenosynovitis,  and  arthritis.The  preferred  method  of  diagnosis  is  testing  with  nucleic  acid  amplification.