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From: dr@ski.UUCP (David Robins)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Answer to Medical Puzzle #12
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 21:00:08 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 22 21:00:08 1986
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Probably just a slip of the fingers, but:

> 	An aspiration of the Knee will reveal Gram-negative bacterial rods,
> you can bet on it. That is: GC, Gonnococcus, Neisseria gonnorheae, The Clap.

N. gonorrheae is a gram-negative intracellular DIPLOCOCCUS, not a rod.
As such, it would be found not in the fluid, but within the white blood
cells (polymorphs) floating in the fluid.
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