RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neonatal meningococcal conjunctivitis associated with meningococcal meningitis.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1219
OP 1220
DO 10.1136/adc.67.10_Spec_No.1219
VO 67
IS 10 Spec No
A1 M Ellis
A1 A M Weindling
A1 D C Davidson
A1 N Ho
A1 V Damjanovic
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/10_Spec_No/1219.abstract
AB 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.