Bilateral primary meningococcal conjunctivitis in an Indigenous child

Sterrey, James; Abedi, Farshad; Henderson, Tim RM

doi:10.5694/mja18.00415

Topics

Eye diseases

Infectious diseases

To the Editor:

1 Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, NT
2 Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA

Correspondence: james.sterrey24@gmail.com

Acknowledgements:

We acknowledge the assistance of the patient’s mother and clinic staff at Engawala. We also thank Brooke Taylor, from the Royal Darwin Hospital Pathology department, for assisting with Gram stain images.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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