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PEREIRA-OSPINA, Rocío del P; PINZON-SALAMANCA, Javier Y; SUESCUN-VARGAS, José M  y  GUZMAN-PRADO, Yuli. Neisseria gonorrhoeae: an infrequent causal agent of periorbital cellulitis in a child. Arch. argent. pediatr. [online]. 2017, vol.115, n.4, pp.e243-e246. ISSN 0325-0075.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5546/aap.2017.e243.

Periorbital cellulitis is a very common disease in pediatric population, it describes an infection involving the adjacent soft tissues anterior to the orbital septum. Pathogens involved are generally Gram-positive cocci after introduction of Haemophilus influenzae vaccine. We report a case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae periorbital cellulitis associated with bacterial conjunctivitis in a child. There are few cases reported in the literature with this microorganism as the causal agent. With this case, we would like to emphasize the importance to do a culture of the ocular secretion (if it exists) because this allowed us to determine an infrequent agent of this disease.

Palabras clave : Periorbital cellulitis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Soft tissue infections; Child.

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