Bilateral panophthalmitis as the initial presentation of meningococcal meningitis in an infant

Endophthalmitis is a well-recognized, frequently devastating ophthalmic disease. The colonization of the eye and the subsequent development of endophthalmitis may be exogenous (including postsurgical and post-traumatic infections) or it may be of endogenous origin, representing a metastasis from a f...

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Published in:	Journal of AAPOS Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 260 - 261
Main Authors:	Gartaganis, Sotirios P., Eliopoulou, Maria J., Georgakopoulos, Constantinos D., Koliopoulos, John X., Mela, Ephigenia K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Mosby, Inc 01-08-2001
Subjects:	Ceftriaxone - administration & dosage Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology Chloramphenicol - administration & dosage Dexamethasone - administration & dosage Drug Therapy, Combination - therapeutic use Female Humans Infant Meningitis, Meningococcal - complications Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis Meningitis, Meningococcal - drug therapy Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification Panophthalmitis - diagnosis Panophthalmitis - drug therapy Panophthalmitis - etiology Rifampin - administration & dosage
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Summary:	Endophthalmitis is a well-recognized, frequently devastating ophthalmic disease. The colonization of the eye and the subsequent development of endophthalmitis may be exogenous (including postsurgical and post-traumatic infections) or it may be of endogenous origin, representing a metastasis from a focus of infection elsewhere in the body associated with bacteremia (such as meningitis or cellulitis). J AAPOS 2001;5:260-1.
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ISSN:	1091-8531 1528-3933
DOI:	10.1067/mpa.2001.117096