Gonococcal conjunctivitis.
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Corneal complication caused by gonococcal conjunctivitis
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082015AI3024 A 39-year-old man, MAFS, was admitted to ophthalmology emergency service of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo reporting low vision and ocular hyperemia with purulent discharge for 12 days in the left eye, but without complaints in the right eye. The patient administered ciprofloxacin drop every 3 hours. Upon examination, he had diffuse ocular hyperemia, che...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.70.11.875