Presentation
A 56-year-old male presented with a 1-day history of pruritic, painful right eye with associated mucopurulent discharge, blurry vision, headache and photosensitivity. He denied new sexual contacts or injury. In the emergency department, a swab of the eyelid was cultured. The culture revealed round, wet, gray colonies on blood, Columbia NaladixicAcid Agar (CNA), chocolate agar and Thayer-Martin agar plates. The colonies were nonhemolytic on the blood agar. The colonies were also oxidase positive. The specimen was then sent to MALDI-TOF to confirm the diagnosis. A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) urine test for chlamydia and gonorrhoeae was collected on the same day and returned with a negative result.
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Anne Marcinkowski, Medical Student, Viginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineStay up to date on all ASM Clinical Public Health Microbiology (CPHM) activities when you sign up for our monthly CPHM Newsletter. Be the first to know about free educational webinars, continuing education credit opportunities, advocacy, updated guidelines and more.