[Treatment with amniotic membrane in keratolysis secondary to adult gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis].
METHODS
We present a 46-year-old man diagnosed initially with atypical adenoviral conjunctivitis and advanced marginal queratolysis with risk of perforation. The final diagnosis was gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis. The patient was successfully treated with amniotic membrane transplant, topic and systemic ceftriaxone (50 mg/ml and 1 grame/12 hours intravenous).


CONCLUSIONS
Gonorrhea must be suspected in cases of torpid evolution conjunctivitis.
Miranda-Rollón
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MD
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón (Asturias), España. mdmr1980@hotmail.com
Sentieri-Omarrementería
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Martínez-Rodríguez
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Junceda-Moreno
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