Neisserian conjunctivitis; treatment with penicillin.

Data on treatment of 45 patients with Neisserian conjunctivitis demonstrate that penicillin is a reliable therapeutic agent in this disease. Exudate must be frequently flushed out of the conjunctival sac to prevent corneal ulcer and endophthalmitis. Penicillin may be administered intramuscularly or topically, in solution. The use of penicillin solution topically has been demonstrated to be superior to intramuscular penicillin in some cases, and to be adequate in all cases, even when saline solution irrigations are the only other therapy.