Meningococcal W outbreak in Victoria: an atypical presentation of conjunctivitis in a young adult in Melbourne, Australia

Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;45(8):828-829. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12972. Epub 2017 May 30.

Authors

Wesley Wh Teoh^{1

2}, Katherine J Walker^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Emergency Department, Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 28464531
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12972

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis*
Conjunctivitis / epidemiology*
Conjunctivitis / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Eye Infections, Bacterial / epidemiology*
Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
Humans
Male
Meningococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Meningococcal Infections / microbiology
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / immunology*
Victoria / epidemiology
Young Adult

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial