Acute postoperative endophthalmitis by Gemella haemolysans

Endophthalmitis is a rare and serious post-surgical complication. We report a case of acute postoperative endophthalmitis after an uneventful cataract surgery caused by a commensal organism, Gemella haemolysans. The patient was successfully treated with vitrectomy and intravitreal antibiotics like v...

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Autores principales: Nalamada, Suma, Jalali, Subhadra, Reddy, Ashok Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.62658
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Sumario:Endophthalmitis is a rare and serious post-surgical complication. We report a case of acute postoperative endophthalmitis after an uneventful cataract surgery caused by a commensal organism, Gemella haemolysans. The patient was successfully treated with vitrectomy and intravitreal antibiotics like vancomycin, along with topical cefazolin.

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