Excellent outcome of primary Neisseria meningitidis keratoconjunctivitis

作     者：Jakiyah Daud Siti Raihan Ishak Zakuan Zainy Deris Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam 

作者机构：Department of OphthalmologySchool of Medical SciencesHealth CampusUniversiti Sains Malaysia Department of Medical MicrobiologyParasitologySchool of Medical SciencesHealth CampusUniversiti Sains Malaysia Infection ControlHospital Epidemiology UnitHospital Universiti Sains MalaysiaHelath CampusUniversiti Sains Malaysia 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第1卷第5期

页      面：419-420页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Neisseria meningitidis Keratoconjunctivitis 

摘      要：Infectious conjunctivitis is a very common presentation to medical professional and ophthalmologist all over the *** its typically self-limiting and treatable in almost all of the cases,but we need to be aware of the rare and potentially life threatening if the cause is not promptly identified and treated *** our case report,we highlighted the rare case of Neisseria meningitidis as a primary cause of *** meningitidis is a rare etiology of keratoconjunctivitis and its ocular presentations are quite similar with other bacterial or viral *** infection may potentially fatal if systemic invasion occurred,however with immediate and proper treatment the outcome is *** diagnosis and proper antibiotic treatment are critical to prevent systemic spread of the *** health intervention is needed to prevent outbreak of the disease.