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Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum (GON) - Figure 1

A 4-day-old girl was brought to the emergency department (ED)
Chemosis and injection ... Peds #Pediatrics #Gonorrhea
Proptosis and Chemosis caused by Cavernous Sinus Fistula on Ocular Exam

This 73 presented for blurred, double
Proptosis and Chemosis ... ophthalmoplegia and chemosis ... ophthalmology #Chemosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae ... Gonococcal #Infection #gonorrhea ... Diagnosis #Management #Microbiology
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Bartonella, N. gonorrhea ... viral #fungal #Microbiology
Doxycycline - Coverage and Indications
 • Staphylococci (S aureus + CoNS)
 • The tick stuff: Borrelia
Chlamydia, Syphilis, Gonorrhea ... #pharmacology #microbiology
Gonorrhea (Disseminated): skin findings associated with Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI).
Photo credit, Josh Fierer, M.D.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D.
Gonorrhea (Disseminated ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Gonorrhea
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
<1%: Neisseria gonorrhea ... differential #diagnosis #microbiology
Phimosis 
Inability to retract the foreskin - Can be normal up to 3 years old -
Phimosis Inability ... emergency #Phimosis
Septic Arthritis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Notes:
- Septic Arthritis is typically monoarticular & the knee is involved
a +ve culture Microbiology ... Always consider N. gonorrhoeae
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Chemosis: Edema ... > Conjunctival chemosis