Open AccessConjunctivitis due to Neisseria sicca: A case report
Author(s) -
İlker Eser,
Alper Akçalı,
Müşerref TatmanOtkun,
Arzu Taskiran-Comez
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.98894
Subject(s) - medicine , isolation (microbiology) , bacterial conjunctivitis , dermatology , keratoconjunctivitis sicca , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
We report the first case, in Medline-based literature, of conjunctivitis caused by gram negative diplococcus, Neisseria sicca. Although it is not widely accepted as such, isolation from cultures of repeated eye swab samples suggests that N. sicca may be a pathogen in conjunctival infections. Positive culture for this organism should not be readily dismissed. Such conjunctivitis responded favorably to treatment with netilmicin eye drops.