Ophthalmia neonatorum caused by Neisseria cinerea.
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Ophthalmia neonatorum caused by Neisseria cinerea.
Neisseria cinerea is an organism that has only recently been implicated as a human pathogen. In this case, N. cinerea was identified as the cause of ophthalmia neonatorum (conjunctivitis) in a 2-day-old girl.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.28.7.1640-1641.1990