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Wilbert Mason, MD; Susan Igdaloff, MD; Roger Friedman, MD; Harry T. Wright, Jr, MD, MPH

Am J Dis Child. 1979;133(11):1151-1152.

Abstract
• Endophthalmitis is a rare complication of meningococcemia. A child had endophthalmitis as the initially occurring complaint. Although both eyes appeared inflamed, the pupil in the right eye was fixed and dilated, the fundus could not be seen, and a hypopyon was seen in the right anterior chamber. There was gradual improvement when the child received antibiotic therapy. Since the introduction of antimicrobial drugs, endophthalmitis has rarely been observed as a complication of meningococcal disease. However, this report is evidence that meningococcemia may occur with unusual sites of local infection.

(Am J Dis Child 133:1151-1152, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine (Dr Igdaloff) and the Divisions of Ophthalmology (Dr Friedman) and Infectious Diseases and Virology (Drs Mason and Wright), Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (Dr Mason).

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