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. 2001 Sep;85(2):F139–F140. doi: 10.1136/fn.85.2.F139

Ophthalmic Pseudomonas infection in infancy

E Boyle, J Ainsworth, A Levin, A Campbell, M Watkinson
PMCID: PMC1721312  PMID: 11517211

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.


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