Conjunctivitis Caused by a Strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae That Was Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone

A 20-year-old man presented with bilateral ocular discharge and conjunctival injection. An ocular culture revealed Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to multiple drugs, including ceftriaxone. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline (100 mg), which was administered oral...

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Autores principales: Iwata, Akira, Shimuta, Ken, Ohnishi, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566614
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7656
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description A 20-year-old man presented with bilateral ocular discharge and conjunctival injection. An ocular culture revealed Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to multiple drugs, including ceftriaxone. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline (100 mg), which was administered orally, twice a day, for 7 days.
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spelling pubmed-54982152017-07-07 Conjunctivitis Caused by a Strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae That Was Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone Iwata, Akira Shimuta, Ken Ohnishi, Makoto Intern Med Case Report A 20-year-old man presented with bilateral ocular discharge and conjunctival injection. An ocular culture revealed Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to multiple drugs, including ceftriaxone. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline (100 mg), which was administered orally, twice a day, for 7 days. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5498215/ /pubmed/28566614 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7656 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Conjunctivitis Caused by a Strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae That Was Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone
title_fullStr Conjunctivitis Caused by a Strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae That Was Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone
title_full_unstemmed Conjunctivitis Caused by a Strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae That Was Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone
title_short Conjunctivitis Caused by a Strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae That Was Less Susceptible to Ceftriaxone
title_sort conjunctivitis caused by a strain of neisseria gonorrhoeae that was less susceptible to ceftriaxone
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498215/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7656
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