Neonatal Conjunctivitis Caused by Neisseria cinerea: A Case of Mistaken Identity.
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
/ diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
/ diagnosis
Male
Neisseria cinerea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseriaceae Infections
/ diagnosis
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
/ diagnosis
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Neisseria cinerea
conjunctivitis
neonates
Journal
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
ISSN: 2048-7207
Titre abrégé: J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101586049
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Nov 2019
06 Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
09
07
2018
accepted:
23
10
2018
pubmed:
22
11
2018
medline:
31
3
2020
entrez:
22
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report a case of a 3-day-old boy with Neisseria cinerea conjunctivitis, originally misidentified as Neisseria gonorrhoeae conjunctivitis. Neonates are at increased risk for disseminated gonococcal infection, and physicians should be cognizant of N cinerea and its potential to be mistaken for N gonorrhoeae.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30462276
pii: 5194157
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy116
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
478-480Informations de copyright
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