Gonococcal orbital cellulitis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2019 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ Case Reports, volume 12, page e227787 (eissn: 1757-790X,

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Authors: Inês, Oliveira; Ana, Mouzinho; José Gonçalo, Marques;

doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227787

pmid: 31340941

pmc: PMC6663255

Gonococcal orbital cellulitis

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Abstract

A 17-year-old healthy boy presented to the emergency room with conjunctival hyperemia, purulent discharge and periorbital swelling of the right eye, lasting for 4 days, without improvement with topical chloramphenicol. On the day of admission, he started ocular pain and photophobia. There was no

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Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria
Portugal
Hospital de São Bernardo
Portugal

Keywords

Male, Adolescent, Ceftriaxone, Coitus, Levofloxacin, Orbital Cellulitis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Conjunctivitis, Bacterial, Gonorrhea, Treatment Outcome, Photophobia, Humans

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