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Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis
Endogenous endophthalmitis occurs in the setting of an intraocular infection secondary to the spread of bacterial, viral, or fungal pathogens with a high likelihood of permanent vision loss if left untreated. This case describes a 33-year-old male with numerous risk factors presenting with sudden on...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10112818/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37082477 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36359 |
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author | Osei-Tutu Kudayah, Noelle Aconstantinesei, Dragos Grell, Gilda-Rae |
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description | Endogenous endophthalmitis occurs in the setting of an intraocular infection secondary to the spread of bacterial, viral, or fungal pathogens with a high likelihood of permanent vision loss if left untreated. This case describes a 33-year-old male with numerous risk factors presenting with sudden onset of symptoms consistent with endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Streptococcus beta-hemolyticus group G bacteremia of unknown source. He was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and analgesics with improvement in symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-101128182023-04-19 Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis Osei-Tutu Kudayah, Noelle Aconstantinesei, Dragos Grell, Gilda-Rae Cureus Internal Medicine Endogenous endophthalmitis occurs in the setting of an intraocular infection secondary to the spread of bacterial, viral, or fungal pathogens with a high likelihood of permanent vision loss if left untreated. This case describes a 33-year-old male with numerous risk factors presenting with sudden onset of symptoms consistent with endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to Streptococcus beta-hemolyticus group G bacteremia of unknown source. He was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and analgesics with improvement in symptoms. Cureus 2023-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10112818/ /pubmed/37082477 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36359 Text en Copyright © 2023, Osei-Tutu Kudayah et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Osei-Tutu Kudayah, Noelle Aconstantinesei, Dragos Grell, Gilda-Rae Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis |
title | Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis |
title_full | Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis |
title_fullStr | Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis |
title_short | Streptococcus Group G of Unknown Source as a Rare Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis |
title_sort | streptococcus group g of unknown source as a rare cause of endogenous endophthalmitis |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10112818/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37082477 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36359 |
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