Conjunctivitis due to Neisseria sicca: A case report

dc.authoridAlper Akçalı/0000-0003-0325-886X
dc.contributor.authorEser, Ilker
dc.contributor.authorAlper Akçalı
dc.contributor.authorTatman-Otkun, Muserref
dc.contributor.authorTaskiran-Comez, Arzu
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:19:56Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:19:56Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/0301-4738.98894
dc.identifier.issn0301-4738
dc.identifier.issn1998-3689
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.pmid23552355
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84898956941
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.98894
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28777
dc.identifier.volume62
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000348549500023
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMedknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofIndian Journal of Ophthalmology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectBacterial conjunctivitis
dc.subjectconjunctivitis
dc.subjectgram negative diplococcus
dc.subjectNeisseria sicca
dc.subjectnetilmicin
dc.titleConjunctivitis due to Neisseria sicca: A case report
dc.typeArticle

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