TY - JOUR T1 - Neonatal meningococcal conjunctivitis associated with meningococcal meningitis. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1219 LP - 1220 DO - 10.1136/adc.67.10_Spec_No.1219 VL - 67 IS - 10 Spec No AU - M Ellis AU - A M Weindling AU - D C Davidson AU - N Ho AU - V Damjanovic Y1 - 1992/10/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/10_Spec_No/1219.abstract N2 - 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. ER -