A Case of Gonococcal Conjunctivitis in Adult.

Kang, Byung Nam; Kim, Chang Geun; Hong, Seung Ho

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1982;23(3):697-701.
Published online March 1, 1982.

A Case of Gonococcal Conjunctivitis in Adult.

Byung Nam Kang, Chang Geun Kim, Seung Ho Hong

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

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홍승호(Seung Ho Hong),강병남(Byung Nam Kang),김창근(Chang Keun Kim)

Abstract

The authors have experienced a case of gonococcal conjunctivitis in 19 year-old male, who showed bilateral lid edema and copious yellowish conjunctival discharge which progress rapidly for four days. A stain of the conjunctival exudate appeared gram-negative intraCellular diplococci. This patient was treated with topical and systemic antibiotics for 7 days and topical antibiotics and corticosteroids for 12 days, with almost complete resolution. Involvement of corneal epithelium and residual punctate corneal opacity were remained slightly.