Endophthalmitis as a presentation of meningococcal septicaemia.
Meningococcal infections can present in diverse clinical forms ranging from fulminant, occult, chronic meningococcaemia to meningitis. Rare presentations may include conjunctivitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis. We present a very unusual case of meningococcaemia presented as an endophthalmitis.
Abousaesha
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Department of Medicine, Limerick Regional General Hospital, Dooradoyle, Ireland.
Dogar
G F
GF
Young
B J
BJ
O'Hare
J
J
D000328:Adult; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*