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A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman
We present a case of previously healthy, immunocompetent, 41-year-old woman who developed systemic inflammatory response syndrome secondary to Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteremia. Clinical course was complicated by the simultaneous formation of multiple muscular abscesses, epidural abscess, and septic...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9629761 |
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author | Romiopoulos, Iordanis Pyrpasopoulou, Athina Varouktsi, Anna Simoulidou, Elisavet Kontopoulou, Konstantina Karantani, Ekaterini Georgopoulou, Vivian Kitsios, Konstantinos Mamopoulos, Apostolos Antachopoulos, Charalampos Karagiannis, Asterios Roilides, Emmanuel |
author_facet | Romiopoulos, Iordanis Pyrpasopoulou, Athina Varouktsi, Anna Simoulidou, Elisavet Kontopoulou, Konstantina Karantani, Ekaterini Georgopoulou, Vivian Kitsios, Konstantinos Mamopoulos, Apostolos Antachopoulos, Charalampos Karagiannis, Asterios Roilides, Emmanuel |
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description | We present a case of previously healthy, immunocompetent, 41-year-old woman who developed systemic inflammatory response syndrome secondary to Neisseria gonorrhoeae 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-52230042017-01-23 A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman Romiopoulos, Iordanis Pyrpasopoulou, Athina Varouktsi, Anna Simoulidou, Elisavet Kontopoulou, Konstantina Karantani, Ekaterini Georgopoulou, Vivian Kitsios, Konstantinos Mamopoulos, Apostolos Antachopoulos, Charalampos Karagiannis, Asterios Roilides, Emmanuel Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We present a case of previously healthy, immunocompetent, 41-year-old woman who developed systemic inflammatory response syndrome secondary to Neisseria gonorrhoeae 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5223004/ /pubmed/28116187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9629761 Text en Copyright © 2016 Iordanis Romiopoulos et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Romiopoulos, Iordanis Pyrpasopoulou, Athina Varouktsi, Anna Simoulidou, Elisavet Kontopoulou, Konstantina Karantani, Ekaterini Georgopoulou, Vivian Kitsios, Konstantinos Mamopoulos, Apostolos Antachopoulos, Charalampos Karagiannis, Asterios Roilides, Emmanuel A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman |
title | A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman |
title_full | A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman |
title_short | A Rare Case of Disseminated Pyogenic Gonococcal Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman |
title_sort | rare case of disseminated pyogenic gonococcal infection in an immunocompetent woman |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223004/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9629761 |
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