Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery

A bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery (BSCS) was performed on a 67-year-old man. The surgeon had not changed the surgical settings in between the two procedures for the two eyes. The patient developed fulminant bilateral endophthalmitis a day following the BSCS. Intravitreal culture grew Pseudom...

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Autores principales: Kashkouli, Mohsen Bahmani, Salimi, Shabnam, Aghaee, Hossein, Naseripour, Masood
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17699948
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author Kashkouli, Mohsen Bahmani
Salimi, Shabnam
Aghaee, Hossein
Naseripour, Masood
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description A bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery (BSCS) was performed on a 67-year-old man. The surgeon had not changed the surgical settings in between the two procedures for the two eyes. The patient developed fulminant bilateral endophthalmitis a day following the BSCS. Intravitreal culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The source of infection was not found. Immediate bilateral vitrectomy and intravitreal, subconjunctival, topical and systemic antibiotic did not save the eyes. Patient ended up with bilateral visual loss.
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spelling pubmed-26360172009-02-10 Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery Kashkouli, Mohsen Bahmani Salimi, Shabnam Aghaee, Hossein Naseripour, Masood Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Report A bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery (BSCS) was performed on a 67-year-old man. The surgeon had not changed the surgical settings in between the two procedures for the two eyes. The patient developed fulminant bilateral endophthalmitis a day following the BSCS. Intravitreal culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa . The source of infection was not found. Immediate bilateral vitrectomy and intravitreal, subconjunctival, topical and systemic antibiotic did not save the eyes. Patient ended up with bilateral visual loss. Medknow Publications 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC2636017/ /pubmed/17699948 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kashkouli, Mohsen Bahmani
Salimi, Shabnam
Aghaee, Hossein
Naseripour, Masood
Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
title Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
title_full Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
title_fullStr Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
title_short Bilateral Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
title_sort bilateral pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17699948
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