Abstract
BACKGROUND: In 2003, the reported gonorrhea rate among women was 118.8 per 100,000 women. Most gonococcal infections in pregnant women are asymptomatic or produce a mildly symptomatic genital infection. Disseminated infections can occur when gonococcal bacteremia produces extragenital symptoms, most commonly arthritis. CASE: A patient presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with fever, body aches, neck soreness, and skin lesions. There was no arthritis. Cultures performed during evaluation confirmed extragenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae. CONCLUSION: A high index of suspicion is necessary to diagnose disseminated gonococcal infection and prevent disease sequelae.
- adult,
- bacteremia,
- bacterial,
- ceftriaxone,
- complications,
- dermatitis,
- female,
- fever,
- gonorrhea,
- gonorrhoeae,
- humans,
- infectious,
- meningitis,
- neisseria
- outcome
- pregnancy
- pregnancy,
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