Reversible blindness: severe pneumococcal induced uveitis following septicaemia.
This study illustrates the case of a middle-aged woman who presented with sepsis and purpura fulminans, found to be due to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. She later developed blindness from a dramatic ocular inflammatory response provoked by pneumococcal antigens.
Department of Endocrinology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK. angela.collins@doctors.net.uk
Angela
A
Collins
Nicholas
N
Cortes
Bethan Non
BN
Matthews
David
D
Kerr
Robert
R
McCormick
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055665:Purpura Fulminans / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents