Ophthalmic Pseudomonas infection in infancy.
Four infants developed invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa ophthalmic infections between 5 and 90 days of age. Three died from septicaemia, and the fourth required enucleation of one eye. Absent red reflexes or other eye signs in a septicaemic infant merit urgent ophthalmological assessment for endophthalmitis, in particular, Pseudomonas.
Boyle
E M
EM
Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Ainsworth
J R
JR
Levin
A V
AV
Campbell
A N
AN
Watkinson
M
M
D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*