Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)»Gonococcal conjunctivitis (A54.31)
A54.31
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3 drugs (1 approved, 2 experimental)
Acute conjunctival inflammation in the newborn, usually caused by maternal gonococcal infection. The causative agent is NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal.