title: Neisseria gonorrhoeae conjunctivitis. An outbreak during an epidemic of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
abstract: Ten patients with gonococcal conjunctivitis were examined during an epidemic of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC). Eye cultures in all cases demonstrated Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and seven also had isolates of N gonorrhoeae in genital specimens. All patients responded well to antimicrobial therapy. The patients had used a folk remedy in which they had applied urine to their eyes to treat the symptoms of AHC.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004770:Enterovirus; D004769:Enterovirus Infections; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014556:Urine