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Hemorrhagic Bullae in Gonococcemia

Ackerman, A. Bernard

The New England journal of medicine, 1970-04, Vol.282 (14), p.793-794 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Hemorrhagic Bullae in Gonococcemia
Autor: Ackerman, A. Bernard
Assuntos: Adult ; Arthritis, Infectious - etiology ; Biopsy ; Blister - etiology ; Female ; Gonorrhea - complications ; Gonorrhea - diagnosis ; Gonorrhea - pathology ; Hemorrhage - etiology ; Humans ; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - isolation & purification ; Sepsis - etiology ; Skin Manifestations
É parte de: The New England journal of medicine, 1970-04, Vol.282 (14), p.793-794
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Descrição: CHARACTERISTIC cutaneous lesions can be the clue to the diagnosis of gonococcal septicemia. Frequently, these sparse, acral lesions occurring in young adults, especially women, who have fever, polyarthralgia, and tenosynovitis, are dismissed as folliculitis or regarded as manifestations of "flu," acute rheumatic fever or systemic lupus erythematosus. The skin lesions of gonococcemia are "virtually specific." 1 Heralded by "splinter-like" pain, the fully developed lesions have been emphasized as being of two types: purpuric and vesiculopustular on broad erythematous bases. 2 , 3 A third variant, hemorrhagic bullae, has not been described since the advent of antibiotics. 4 The most prominent skin lesions in two recently . . .
Editor: United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
Idioma: Inglês

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