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Case Reports
. 1993 Dec;162(12):495-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF03022580.

Endophthalmitis as a presentation of meningococcal septicaemia

F Abousaesha  1 , G F Dogar, B J Young, J O'Hare
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Endophthalmitis as a presentation of meningococcal septicaemia

F Abousaesha et al. Ir J Med Sci. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

Meningococcal infections can present in diverse clinical forms ranging from fulminant, occult, chronic meningococcaemia to meningitis. Rare presentations may include conjunctivitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis. We present a very unusual case of meningococcaemia presented as an endophthalmitis.

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