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Neonatal conjunctivitis or dacryocystitis due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Neonatal conjunctivitis or dacryocystitis due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1255177601

This is a form of conjunctivitis contracted by newborns during delivery. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal from a mother infected with either Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This diagnosis is due to a species of Gram-negative coffee bean-shaped diplococci bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea.