- more common in females and homosexual men
- presents with fever, characteristic rash/pustules, polyarthralgia and tenosynovitis, followed by large joint monoarticular arthritis.
- treatment: IV ceftriaxone, examination of joint and washout under anaesthesia
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How come gonococcus is gran negative intracellular diplococci treated w penicillin???
Neisseria gonorrhea has cell wall. Penicillin inhibits cell wall synthesis. In view of resistance, ceftriaxone is currently used for treatment.
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