Laboratory-acquired gonococcal conjunctivitis: successful treatment with single-dose ceftriaxone.

Gonococcal conjunctivitis can be a severe disease with sequelae of corneal ulceration, hypopyon, and global perforation. Current recommended therapy is hospitalization and repeated courses of parenteral antibiotics. The authors report a case successfully managed with a single injection of the new third-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone.