Neonatal meningococcal conjunctivitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two infants are described in whom identical strains of meningococcus were isolated from both the eyes and the cerebrospinal fluid. This suggests that the eye may be a portal of entry in at least some cases of perinatally acquired neonatal meningococcal disease and has important implications for the management of purulent conjunctivitis in the newborn.
Medical subject headings
- Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Neisseria meningitidis