Severe Conjunctivitis Due to Multidrug‐ResistantNeisseria gonorrhoeaeand Adenovirus 53 Coinfection in a Traveler Returning From Thailand | Zendy

Dennis Tappe | Zendy; Andreas Müeller | Zendy; Benedikt Weißbrich | Zendy; Jörg Schubert | Zendy; Marc Schargus | Zendy; August Stich | Zendy

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Severe Conjunctivitis Due to Multidrug‐ResistantNeisseria gonorrhoeaeand Adenovirus 53 Coinfection in a Traveler Returning From Thailand

Author(s) -

Dennis Tappe,

Andreas Müeller,

Benedikt Weißbrich,

Jörg Schubert,

Marc Schargus,

August Stich

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12071

Subject(s) - neisseria gonorrhoeae , medicine , virology , tetracycline , coinfection , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , ciprofloxacin , neisseriaceae , multiple drug resistance , antibiotics , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)

A male traveler returning from Thailand with severe bilateral conjunctivitis was tested for causative pathogens by culture and polymerase chain reaction in late 2010. The culturally grown Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain was resistant against penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline. The patient was also found to have an eye infection with the unusual and likely recombinant adenovirus type 53. Besides multidrug-resistant gonococcal strains the unusual adenovirus strain is found circulating in Asia and both pathogens may be a risk for travelers.

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