A case of gonococcal kerato-conjunctivitis mimicking orbital cellulitis [2]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-512

  Hegde, Vijay ^a   Smith, George ^b   Choi, Jessie ^b   Pagliarini, Sergio ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COCAINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DYSURIA; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LETTER; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 23144455070     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00501.x     Document Type: Letter

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