Orden B, Martínez R, Millán R, Belloso M, Pérez N
Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro (C. E. Argüelles), Quintana 11, 28008 Madrid, Spain.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2003 Dec;9(12):1245-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2003.00799.x.
Neisseria meningitidis is an uncommon cause of acute bacterial conjunctivitis. One case of primary meningococcal conjunctivitis in a healthy 6-year-old boy is reported. The patient was initially treated with a topical instillation of polymyxin B, neomycin and gramicidin in ophthalmic solution, and this was followed by systemic rifampin once the diagnosis had been established. No ocular or systemic complications developed.
