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Gonococcal ophthalmia is an infectious disease caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection of the eye, the most common of which is acute purulent conjunctivitis.Neonatal gonorrheal ophthalmia has an acute onset and is an important blinding eye disease.Non-neonatal gonococcal conjunctivitis occurring in adults or children is quite difficult to diagnose and treat due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations.The incidence of gonorrhea, the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease, has increased in recent years, and drug-resistant strains of gonococcus are emerging and spreading, raising the possibility that conventional anti-infective treatment of the eye may be ineffective.Ophthalmologists should be familiar with the clinical features, diagnostic procedures, and current medication guidelines for gonococcal ophthalmia, and to control the emergence and spread of drug-resistant strains of bacteria.In this article, we introduced the clinical features, laboratory tests, diagnostic methods, and current medication guidelines for gonococcal ophthalmia.
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Objective To observe the features of the full field electroretinogram (FF-ERG) in type 1 diabetes (T1D) children without diabetic retinopathy (DR).Methods Retrospective case study.Forty-one T1D children and 25 age-matched normal controls underwent a complete ophthalmic examination,including best-corrected visual acuity,refraction,intraocular pressure,slit lamp,fundus photography,indirect ophthalmoscopy,and spectral domain optical coherence tomography to exclude DR.All FF-ERG tests were performed by an experienced technician.The ERG series includes six protocols:dark-adapted 0.01 ERG (r-b 0.01);dark-adapted 3 ERG (mix-a 3.0,mix-b 3.0);dark-adapted 10 ERG (mix-a 10.0,mix-b 10.0);dark-adapted oscillatory potentials (OPS);light-adapted 3 ERG (c-a 3.0,c-b 3.0);light-adapted 30 Hz flicker (30 Hz FP) ERG.To compare the amplitudes and implicit times of the FF-ERG between the T1D and control group children.Results Compared with the control subjects,the FF-ERG amplitudes decreased and the implicit times increased in T1D.Except for r-b 0.01 (t =-0.228,P＞0.05),the amplitudes of other FF-ERGs were all significantly attenuated (t =-1.664,-3.645,-4.324,-6.123,-5.846,-12.9,-14.4,-5.23;P＜0.05) in T1D children.The implicit times of mix-b 3.0,mix-b 10.0,c-b 3.0 and OP2 significantly increased (t=5.242,2.879,5.378,3.506;P＜0.05).The implicit times of r-b 0.01,mix-a 3.0,mix-a 10.0,c-a 3.0 and 30Hz FP changes were not significantly (t=2.331,1.677,0.557,0.84,0.064;P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The FF-ERG amplitudes decreased and implicit times increased in T1D children compared with the control normal subjects.
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Background The study on the classification of fungi is very important for the diagnosis and treatment of fungal keratitis.Identifying the different species of filamentous fungi is a critical factor for the application of anti-fungal drug in treating keratitis.ObjectiveThis report studies the relationship between the genotype of filamentous fungi and the clinical factors.MethodsFifty-two patients with filamentous fungal keratitis determined by clinical and laboratory examination were recruited in Tongren Hospital from January 2006-December 2006.The lesions were graded on the severity of the corneal ulcer and the presence of hypopyon.The filamentous fungal keratitis was treated with topical and systemic administration of anti-fungal drugs or corneal transplantation.The isolates were cultured in potato culture and identified by morphological characteristics based on the Nelson criterion and genotyped by the rDNA ITS method.The clinical data was retrospectively analyzed.ResultsForty-eight species (eubacteria are bacteria,not fungi)of fungus were identified by morphological characteristics,and the filamentous fungi were divided into 4 types based on the phylogenetic relationships within the rDNA ITS of the 52 filamentous fungi.The morphological characteristics and genotype were confirmed in 48 strains of eubacteria and 31 strains of 52 filamentous fungi (90.3%).The 4 groups of fungi were classified by genotype as follows:group 1 represents 22 strains including 20 strains of Fusarium solani and 2 strains of Fusarium oxysporum;group 2 represents 12 strains including 8 strains of Fusarium moniliformis,3 strains of Fusarium proliferatum and 1 strain of Fusarium incarnatum;group 3 represents 5 strains including 1 strain of Fusarium moniliformis and 4 unknown strains;group 4 represents 13 strains including 10 strains of Aspergillus spp.and 3 strains of Alternaria spp.Significant differences were found in the disease duration (P=0.00),inducing cause (P=0.03),ulcer grade (P=0.01)and outcome of the anti-fungal treatment (P=0.035)when compared between group 1 and 2 with group 3 and 4.Conclusion Filamentous fungi that cause keratitis could be correctly identified by sequencing the internal tanscribed spacer of rDNA.There are significant clinical differences among the groups classified by genotype.