Excellent outcome of primary Neisseria meningitidis keratoconjunctivitis
Excellent outcome of primary Neisseria meningitidis keratoconjunctivitis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.