A 30-year-old male with corneal opacity and a rapidly progressing ulcer

A 30-year-old male with corneal opacity and a rapidly progressing ulcer

Gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis is a rapidly progressing and aggressive infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae . We report a case of a patient who presented keratoconjunctivitis with an opacity in the left cornea that progressed into an ulcerative lesion despite initial treatment with antibiotic...

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Main Authors: Carlos E. Pérez, Juan S. Bravo, Alejandro Espinal, Andrea E. Rodríguez, Carlos A. Botero-García, Miguel J. Durán, Juan C. Mateus, Carlos Morales-Pertuz, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Infectología
Series:Infectio
Subjects:
Gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Corneal opacity
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