title: Neonatal meningococcal conjunctivitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Special Care Baby Unit, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Weindling
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Damjanovic
mesh_terms: D003234:Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications*; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000635:transmission; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000635:transmission