Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI)
Symptoms
Fever - Lower
abdominal pain -
Joint pain for 1 to 4 days - Pain in the hands or wrists due to tendon inflammation
Pain or burning during urination - Single joint pain
- Skin rash (sores are slightly raised, pink to red, and may later contain pus or appear purple)
Signs and tests
Blood cultures should be checked in all cases of possible gonococcal arthritis.
Tests will be done to check for a gonorrhea infection. This may involve taking samples of tissue, stool, joint fluids, or other body material and sending them to a lab for examination under a microscope. Examples of such tests include:
Cervical gram stain Culture of joint aspirate Joint fluid gram stain Throat culture - Urine test for gonorrhea
Images
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Review Date: 06/09/2011
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of
Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of
Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General
Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
