| Autor: |
Ullman S, Roussel TJ, Culbertson WW, Forster RK, Alfonso E, Mendelsohn AD, Heidemann DG, Holland SP |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Ophthalmology [Ophthalmology] 1987 May; Vol. 94 (5), pp. 525-31. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/s0161-6420(87)33415-3 |
| Abstrakt: |
Clinical and laboratory findings of 47 patients with ocular infections secondary to Neisseria gonorrhoeae during a 5 1/2-year period were reviewed. In 16 patients (34%), corneal involvement was noted. Six of these patients had a severe ulcerative keratitis resulting in permanent visual loss and five required surgery for a corneal perforation. Patients with corneal involvement were older and presented later in the course of their disease than patients with isolated conjunctival involvement (P less than 0.005). An out-patient regimen of intramuscular antibiotics (either penicillin, cephalosporin, or spectinomycin [Trobicin]) appeared to be effective for infections limited to the conjunctiva in adults. If a topical antibiotic ointment is used in addition to parenteral antimicrobial agents, the authors' laboratory sensitivities suggest that erythromycin may be the drug of choice. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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