Primary Meningococcal Conjunctivitis in Children

Meningococcal Conjunctivitis

“…Difficulties due to absence of facilities for immediate culture may be overcome by the use of the thioglycollate method of transport (Stuart, 1946). As Stuart and McWalter suggest, meningococcal conjunctivitis is more frequent than commonly imagined, is often erroneously diagnosed as gonococcal, and may be as severe clinically as gonococcal ophthalmia.…”