30May 2017

ARTHRITE SEPTIQUE BILATERALE DES EPAULES SANS URETRITE A NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAEBILATERAL SHOULDER SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITHOUT URETHRITIS CAUSED BY NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE.

  • Service de Bact?riologie, H?pital Militaire Moulay Ismail Mekn?s, Maroc.
  • Service de Traumatologie, H?pital Militaire Moulay Ismail Mekn?s, Maroc.
  • Facult? de m?decine et de pharmacie, universit? Mohammed Ben Abdellah - F?s, Maroc.
  • Facult? de m?decine et de pharmacie, universit? Mohammed V?Souissi-Rabat, Maroc.
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Septic arthritis caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is mono or pauciarticular. They represent an uncommon cause of arthritis in sexually active adults. He is necessary to think of it even in the absence of urethritis. We report the case of gonococcal arthritis without urethritis in an old man 48 years presented to the emergency department complaining of bilateral agreements shoulder pain in absence of risky sexual intercourse, associated with positive synovial fluid culture and negative blood cultures. Polyarthritis can occur, but a symmetrical involvement is unusual. The diagnosis is above all microbiological; the samples are taken before any antibiotic therapy. Prompt recognition and treatment of this disease results in cure without aftereffects by used as initial therapy of a third-generation cephalosporins.


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[Mohammed Sbiti, Jamal louaste and Lhoussaine louzi. (2017); ARTHRITE SEPTIQUE BILATERALE DES EPAULES SANS URETRITE A NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAEBILATERAL SHOULDER SEPTIC ARTHRITIS WITHOUT URETHRITIS CAUSED BY NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (May). 1831-1834] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Mohammed Sbiti
Service de Bacteriologie, Hôpital Militaire Moulay Ismail MeknèsFaculté de médecine et de pharmacie, université Mohammed Ben Abdellah - Fès, Maroc

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4316      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4316