Adult conjunctivitis secondary to dual infection with

Adult inclusion conjunctivitis Bacterial conjunctivitis Chlamydia trachomatis Conjunctivitis Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sexually transmitted disease

Journal

American journal of ophthalmology case reports
ISSN: 2451-9936
Titre abrégé: Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101679941

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Historique:
received: 28 04 2018
revised: 02 09 2018
accepted: 12 11 2018
entrez: 4 12 2018
pubmed: 7 12 2018
medline: 7 12 2018
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Although The patient is a 48-year-old bisexual gentleman who presented to the eye clinic of a UK hospital with redness, discharge and blurred vision in his left eye for one week. Initially he had mucopurulent discharge but his cornea was clear. He did not comply with prescribed treatment and returned two days later with bilateral symptoms and corneal thinning in his left eye peripherally.PCR tests for Ophthalmologists should be aware of the possibility that

Identifiants

pubmed: 30505977
doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.11.009
pii: S2451-9936(18)30174-9
pmc: PMC6247407
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

6-8

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Auteurs

Emma Linton (E)

Dept. of Ophthalmology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, UK.
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.

Lisa Hardman (L)

Dept. of Microbiology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, UK.

Lynn Welburn (L)

Dept. of Microbiology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, UK.

Imran Rahman (I)

Dept. of Ophthalmology, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, UK.

Jaya Devi Chidambaram (JD)

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Dept. of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.

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