PMID: 6982018Jan 1, 1982Paper

Metastatic endophthalmitis: a complication of meningococcal meningitis

Annals of Ophthalmology
D S HullF Cox

Abstract

A 13-month-old child with Neisseria meningitidis developed bilateral metastatic endophthalmitis. Treatment with systemic and periocular injections of penicillin G and steroids resulted in resolution of the meningitis and the endophthalmitis. This case should alert the pediatrician to the possibility of binding endophthalmitis in a patient with meningitis and ocular abnormalities.

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