Mendelson J, Portnoy J, Abel T, Steinman R
Can Med Assoc J. 1975 Apr 5;112(7):864-5.
Over a 1-year period four patients were seen at the Jewish General Hospital with presumed disseminated gonococcemia. The patients' histories, clinical findings and responses to therapy strongly supported this diagnosis; however, cultures from various sites were negative for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in all four patients. Sexual contacts of these patients were traced and appropriate cultures were found to be positive, demonstrating the importance of tracing sexual contacts to help confirm the diagnosis in such patients.
在一年时间里,有四名患者就诊于犹太总医院,疑似患有播散性淋菌血症。患者的病史、临床症状及对治疗的反应均有力支持这一诊断;然而,所有四名患者不同部位的培养物中淋病奈瑟菌均呈阴性。对这些患者的性接触者进行了追踪,发现相应培养物呈阳性,这表明追踪性接触者对于帮助确诊此类患者的重要性。