551. Endophthalmitis complicating Haemophilus influenzae type B meningitis.
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Taylor JR, Cibis GW, and Hamtil LW
- Subjects
- Chloramphenicol therapeutic use, Dexamethasone therapeutic use, Endophthalmitis drug therapy, Endophthalmitis surgery, Eye pathology, Female, Haemophilus influenzae, Humans, Infant, Meningitis, Haemophilus drug therapy, Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, Endophthalmitis etiology, Meningitis, Haemophilus complications
- Abstract
In two children, pyogenic endophthalmitis developed simultaneously with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis. The eye of one of the patients recovered fully; the eye of the other became phthisical and was enucleated. Culturable or pathologically identifiable organisms were not found in either eye; nevertheless, it is suggested that these cases represented metastatic H influenzae type b endophthalmitis from a primary site of infection in the meninges.
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- 1980
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