Ophthalmitis in Meningococcal Disease

Overview

Journal Arch Dis Child

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 1988 May 1

PMID 3260471

Authors

G Mahdi

M Tutton

G Evans-Jones

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Abstract

We report an infant with meningococcal septicaemia and meningitis who had panophthalmitis at presentation that was unresponsive to standard systemic antibiotic treatment but which responded to topical steroid and mydriatic treatment. The pathogenesis may have been immune mediated.

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