A 30-year-old male with corneal opacity and a rapidly progressing ulcer

• Main Authors: Carlos E. Pérez (Author), Juan S. Bravo (Author), Alejandro Espinal (Author), Andrea E. Rodríguez (Author), Carlos A. Botero-García (Author), Miguel J. Durán (Author), Juan C. Mateus (Author), Carlos Morales-Pertuz (Author), Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Asociación Colombiana de Infectología.
• Subjects: article
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Gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis is a rapidly progressing and aggressive infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae . We report a case of a patient who presented keratoconjunctivitis with an opacity in the left cornea that progressed into an ulcerative lesion despite initial treatment with antibiotic...