Neonatal meningococcal conjunctivitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 67 (10 Spec No) , 1219-1220
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.10_spec_no.1219
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.Keywords
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