Ophthalmia neonatorum is generally defined as conjunctivitis occurring within one month of life. The sources of this infection are environmental organisms or the organisms colonized in the birth canal. Untreated infection can cause blindness, especially if the corresponding organisms areNeisseria gonorrhoeae, or Chlamydia trachomatis. Povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution is an effective antib...

The fatty crystals in three previously published cases of sclerema neonatorum were identified by means of x-ray diffraction as sodium stearate and palmitic acid. A composite view of the pathogenesis of both sclerema neonatorum and adiponecrosis cutis neonatorum is discussed.

The relationship to fellatio is shown in a report by Wiesner, Tronca, Bonin, Petersen, and Holmes (1973) from the U.S.A. in which the incidence in homosexual males was fourteen out of 143 (9-8 per cent.) compared with three out of 217 (1 4 per cent.) in heterosexual males. Also from the U.S.A., Owen and Hill (1972) reported finding pharyngeal gonorrhoea in eleven out of 79 (13 9 per cent.) homo...

A case of gonococcal urethritis with bilateral tysonitis is discussed. The patient was treated successfully with oral tetracycline 500 mg 6 hourly for 10 days, with a complete resolution.

Donachie 1997, Radostits et al. 2007), and an ocular form (uveitis, kerato-conjunctivitis, hypopion) (Welchman et al. 1997, Ravary 2000, Laven & Lawrence 2006, Radostits et al. 2007). Listeria has the particularity of forming micro-abscesses in organs. The nervous form is the easiest to diagnose due to its typical clinical pattern. However, the other clinical forms must not be under-estimated. ...

Gonococcal infections other than urethritis have been rare since the advent of antibiotics (Burckhardt, 1955; Gisslen, Hellgren, and Starck, 1961), but interest has recently been shown in the existence of extraurethral gonococcal infections (Bjornberg and Gisslen, 1965; Fred, Eiband, Martincheck, and Yow, 1965; O'Sullivan, 1964; Cowan, 1969). In this paper we present a case of acute penile ulce...

We present a case of a 33-year-old woman who presented with phlyctenular conjunctivitis while on treatment for spinal intramedullary tuberculosis. She was treated with topical steroids along with continuation of antitubercular therapy, and improved on this treatment.