Gonococcal conjunctivitis after incomplete treatment of gonococcal urethritis

Gonococcal conjunctivitis is due to ophthalmic infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and it is considered rare in the non-neonatal populations, particularly its association with gonorrhea and chlamydial urethritis in the same patient. Here we describe a 27-year-old newly married man presenting gonoc...

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Autores principales: Wang, Mei-Fang, Wang, Li, Li, Lin-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31213856
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S199163
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description Gonococcal conjunctivitis is due to ophthalmic infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and it is considered rare in the non-neonatal populations, particularly its association with gonorrhea and chlamydial urethritis in the same patient. Here we describe a 27-year-old newly married man presenting gonococcal conjunctivitis and discuss the selection of antibiotic drugs associated with its course.
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spelling pubmed-65370352019-06-18 Gonococcal conjunctivitis after incomplete treatment of gonococcal urethritis Wang, Mei-Fang Wang, Li Li, Lin-Feng Infect Drug Resist Case Report Gonococcal conjunctivitis is due to ophthalmic infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and it is considered rare in the non-neonatal populations, particularly its association with gonorrhea and chlamydial urethritis in the same patient. Here we describe a 27-year-old newly married man presenting gonococcal conjunctivitis and discuss the selection of antibiotic drugs associated with its course. Dove 2019-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6537035/ /pubmed/31213856 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S199163 Text en © 2019 Wang et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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title Gonococcal conjunctivitis after incomplete treatment of gonococcal urethritis
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title_full_unstemmed Gonococcal conjunctivitis after incomplete treatment of gonococcal urethritis
title_short Gonococcal conjunctivitis after incomplete treatment of gonococcal urethritis
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