Menigococcal endophthalmitis: A rare cause of endogenous endophthalmitis
| Autor: | Cristina Macía-Rodríguez, Ignacio Novo-Veleiro, Emilio Manuel Páez Guillán, Alba García Villafranca, María del Carmen Martínez Rey |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Endophthalmitis Meningococcal Visual acuity business.industry medicine.drug_class Endogenous Neisseria meningitidis Endogenous endophthalmitis Antibiotics Case Report Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Infectious Diseases Internal medicine Medicine In patient medicine.symptom business Infection Meningitis Medical literature |
| Zdroj: | IDCases IDCases, Vol 22, Iss, Pp e00997-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2214-2509 |
| Popis: | Highlights • Neisseria Meningitidis is a rare cause of endogenous endophthalmitis, which is potentially severe. • Meningococcal endophthalmitis is a disease that may provoke sequels such as loss of visual acuity and retinal detachment • uspiction is necessary to make a diagnostic and perform an early antimicrobial treatment, thus reducing complications. Neisseria meningitidis is a rare but severe cause of endogenous endophthalmitis. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented an endophthalmitis secondary to an infection by Neisseria meningitidis that caused with meningitis. She was treated with corticosteroids and systemic and topical antimicrobials, but she presented loss of visual acuity as a consequence. We also review the cases reported in medical literature, and find out that 75.7 % of patients presented diverse complications. The prevalence of complications is higher in patients who received local treatment in combination with antibiotics. Patients who received corticosteroids as treatment presented a similar rate of complications than patients who did not. |
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