RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Corneal perforation requiring corneal grafting: a rare complication of gonococcal eye infection
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 447
OP 448
DO 10.1136/sti.2010.044701
VO 86
IS 6
A1 Craig Tipple
A1 Alan Smith
A1 Elzbieta Bakowska
A1 Melanie C Corbett
YR 2010
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/86/6/447.abstract
AB The authors present a case of severe gonococcal conjunctivitis associated with corneal perforation of the right eye in a 25-year-old homosexual man. Inpatient management and corneal grafting were required. The authors demonstrate that Neisseria gonorrhoea should be considered in the presence of purulent conjunctival discharge with a white patch on the cornea or reduced vision. Regardless of whether a patient has genital symptoms, they should be referred urgently to an ophthalmologist to ensure adequate treatment of this rare but sight-threatening complication.