Primary meningococcal conjunctivitis in an adult patient
Pushpinder Kanda,
Sarantos Ioannidis,
Wei Sim,
Bonnie Weston,
Mona Koaik
Affiliations
Pushpinder Kanda
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Correspondence to: University of Ottawa Eye Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd. Critical Care Wing, Box 307, Ottawa K1H 8L6, Ontario, Canada.
Sarantos Ioannidis
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Wei Sim
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Bonnie Weston
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mona Koaik
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Primary meningococcal conjunctivitis from Neisseria meningitidis is a rare cause for acute, purulent conjunctivitis most commonly presenting in children. Here we present a case of primary meningococcal conjunctivitis in an adult patient with mild signs/symptoms mimicking non-gonococcal bacterial conjunctivitis. The patient was immediately treated with topical and systemic antibiotics. Here we highlight that an early diagnosis of a mild case can be missed thus, clinicians need to keep a high index of suspension as prompt recognition is important to initiate appropriate systemic antimicrobial therapy to prevent systemic disease.
