Exogenous group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following intravitreal ranibizumab injection

We report a case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal ranibizumab injection for a choroidal neovascular membrane. Pars plana vitrectomy was applied for endophthalmitis and group G Streptococcus cultures were isolated in the vitreous samples taken from the patient. Twent...

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Autores principales: Kugu, Suleyman, Sevim, Mehmet Sahin, Kaymak, Nilufer Zorlutuna, Erdogan, Gurkan, Kandemir, Baran, Dogan, Omer Kamil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22969285
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S31721
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Sumario:We report a case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal ranibizumab injection for a choroidal neovascular membrane. Pars plana vitrectomy was applied for endophthalmitis and group G Streptococcus cultures were isolated in the vitreous samples taken from the patient. Twenty-four hours following pars plana vitrectomy the patient underwent myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of group G Streptococcus endophthalmitis following an intravitreal injection.

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