Resumen
Periorbital cellulitis is a very common disease in pediatric population, it describes an infection involving the adjacent soft tissues anterior to the orbital septum. Pathogens involved are generally Gram-positive cocci after introduction of Haemophilus influenzae vaccine. We report a case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae periorbital cellulitis associated with bacterial conjunctivitis in a child. There are few cases reported in the literature with this microorganism as the causal agent. With this case, we would like to emphasize the importance to do a culture of the ocular secretion (if it exists) because this allowed us to determine an infrequent agent of this disease.
Título traducido de la contribución | Neisseria gonorrhoeae: An infrequent causal agent of periorbital cellulitis in a child |
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Idioma original | Español |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | e243-e246 |
Publicación | Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria |
Volumen | 115 |
N.º | 4 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - ago. 2017 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Áreas temáticas de ASJC Scopus
- Medicina General