complications from local spread of gonococcal infection - transluminal spread of N. gonorrhoeae
epididymo-orchitis or prostatitis in men
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women
complications from haematogenous dissemination (less than 1% of infections)
arthritis - generally polyarticular and migratory, usually settling in one or two joints - most often involves the knees, followed by the ankles, wrists, tarsi, metatarsophalangeals and dorsal tendon sheaths of the fingers
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