ENDOPHTHALMITIS AS A PRESENTATION OF MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA

Authors
ABOUSAESHA F DOGAR GF YOUNG BJ OHARE J
Citation
F. Abousaesha et al., ENDOPHTHALMITIS AS A PRESENTATION OF MENINGOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA, Irish journal of medical science, 162(12), 1993, pp. 495-496
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Irish journal of medical science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00211265
Volume
162
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
495 - 496
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-1265(1993)162:12<495:EAAPOM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Meningococcal infections can present in diverse clinical forms ranging from fulminant, occult, chronic meningococcaemia to meningitis. Rare presentations may include conjunctivitis,sinusitis, pneumonia, pericar ditis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis((1)). We present a very unusual ca se of meningococcaemia presented as an endophthalmitis.