Case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis

We report a rare case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis. A 74-year-old woman with endocarditis developed endogenous endophthalmitis. The patient underwent emergency mitral valvuloplasty, and intravitreal and subconjunctival injections of vancomycin and meropenem. Afte...

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Autores principales: Suemori, Shinsuke, Sawada, Akira, Komori, Shinya, Mochizuki, Kiyofumi, Ohkusu, Kiyofumi, Takemura, Hirofumi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20823933
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author Suemori, Shinsuke
Sawada, Akira
Komori, Shinya
Mochizuki, Kiyofumi
Ohkusu, Kiyofumi
Takemura, Hirofumi
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description We report a rare case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis. A 74-year-old woman with endocarditis developed endogenous endophthalmitis. The patient underwent emergency mitral valvuloplasty, and intravitreal and subconjunctival injections of vancomycin and meropenem. After the surgery, she was treated with topical antibiotics, ointment, intravenous gentamicin and intravenous penicillin G potassium. The causative organism was identified as S. equisimilis. S. equisimilis should be considered as a pathogen that can cause severe endogenous endophthalmitis.
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spelling pubmed-29254542010-09-03 Case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis Suemori, Shinsuke Sawada, Akira Komori, Shinya Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Kiyofumi Takemura, Hirofumi Clin Ophthalmol Case Report We report a rare case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis. A 74-year-old woman with endocarditis developed endogenous endophthalmitis. The patient underwent emergency mitral valvuloplasty, and intravitreal and subconjunctival injections of vancomycin and meropenem. After the surgery, she was treated with topical antibiotics, ointment, intravenous gentamicin and intravenous penicillin G potassium. The causative organism was identified as S. equisimilis. S. equisimilis should be considered as a pathogen that can cause severe endogenous endophthalmitis. Dove Medical Press 2010 2010-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2925454/ /pubmed/20823933 Text en © 2010 Suemori et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Suemori, Shinsuke
Sawada, Akira
Komori, Shinya
Mochizuki, Kiyofumi
Ohkusu, Kiyofumi
Takemura, Hirofumi
Case of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by Streptococcus equisimilis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925454/
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