Ophthalmic Pseudomonas infection in infancy

E M Boyle; J R Ainsworth; A V Levin; A N Campbell; M Watkinson

doi:10.1136/fn.85.2.f139

Ophthalmic Pseudomonas infection in infancy

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2001 Sep;85(2):F139-40. doi: 10.1136/fn.85.2.f139.

Authors

E M Boyle¹, J R Ainsworth, A V Levin, A N Campbell, M Watkinson

Affiliation

¹ Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

Abstract

Four infants developed invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa ophthalmic infections between 5 and 90 days of age. Three died from septicaemia, and the fourth required enucleation of one eye. Absent red reflexes or other eye signs in a septicaemic infant merit urgent ophthalmological assessment for endophthalmitis, in particular, Pseudomonas.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Endophthalmitis / diagnosis*
Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis*
Male
Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*