In a selected group of 103 babies referred with neonatal conjunctivitis Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from 11 and Chlamydia trachomatis from 33. Concurrent infection was present in three. On toddler sibling developed chlamydial conjunctivitis. After treatment C. trachomatis was re-isolated from six babies during the follow-up period. The discharge started one to three days after delivery i...

75 VOLUME 46__JANUARY 17, 2009 Localised areas of erythema and induration developed on the feet of 2 term neonates (male and a female) on the 7th and 10th day of life respectively, at the peak of winters in the plains of North India. There were no preceding perinatal risk factors or complications. The babies had no direct exposure to any cold object or ice. Woody erythema was noted first, follo...

BACKGROUND Vertical transmission can result in neonatal infection and disease. Reducing the transmission of bacterial pathogens from mother to infant may be an effective means of preventing neonatal infection, including bacterial conjunctivitis. METHODS In a double-blind, randomized trial, we assessed the effect of administering a single dose of oral azithromycin to women in labour on bacteri...

return, they disseminated, not only in the garrison towns in which they were quartered, but also through the civil population of their native countries. The name commonly applied to it at the time, the " Egyptian Ophthalmia," sufficiently indicates its origin. Napoleon landed in Egypt on July 1st, 1798, with an army of 35,000 men. Within three weeks his troops were attacked by foes more deadly ...

Leiner (1930), over a period of twenty years, was able to observe only twenty cases of which eighteen were fatal. Yet, when Ritter von Rittershain (1878) first described the disease he based his observations on no fewer than 279 cases. These facts introduce a doubt as to whether or not Ritter's original series was a true clinical entity; that there was some contemporary confusion on this point ...

This report describes a case of gonococcal endocarditis in a 28 year old male patient with no history of previous valvular heart disease. More cases of gonococcal endocarditis (a rare complication of gonorrhoea) may occur with the increase in the incidence of gonorrhoea and the increase in resistance to ciprofloxacin, which is currently used as the first line agent for the treatment of gonorrho...

A cohort of 49 infants exposed to maternal chlamydial infection and 40 nonexposed infants was studied after birth for a mean of 3.3 +/- 1.5 and 3 +/- 1.7 mo, respectively. Eighteen (37%) exposed infants had at least one positive culture for Chlamydia trachomatis, whereas C. trachomatis was not isolated from any of the nonexposed infants. Eighteen (37%) exposed infants developed ophthalmia neona...

Chlamydia trachomatis infection most commonly affects the urogenital tract. In men, the infection usually is symptomatic, with dysuria and a discharge from the penis. Untreated chlamydial infection in men can spread to the epididymis. Most women with chlamydial infection have minimal or no symptoms, but some develop pelvic inflammatory disease. Chlamydial infection in newborns can cause ophthal...