title: Endophthalmitis as a presentation of meningococcal septicaemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Limerick Regional General Hospital, Dooradoyle, Ireland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abousaesha
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Dogar
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Hare
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*