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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Asociación Colombiana de Infectología
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Series: | Infectio |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-93922016000100007&lng=en&tlng=en |
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