Bilateral sequential Propionibacterium acnes exogenous endophthalmitis

A 68-year-old man underwent uncomplicated sequential cataract extractions performed more than a year apart. He presented 6 months after the second surgery with persistent intraocular inflammation in both eyes. Cultures from both eyes grew Propionibacterium acnes and he responded well to treatment. S...

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Autores principales: Saffra, Norman, Moriarty, Emily, Milman, Tatyana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4879080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27220771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-016-0084-1
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description A 68-year-old man underwent uncomplicated sequential cataract extractions performed more than a year apart. He presented 6 months after the second surgery with persistent intraocular inflammation in both eyes. Cultures from both eyes grew Propionibacterium acnes and he responded well to treatment. Suspicion for delayed-onset post-operative endophthalmitis must remain high in uveitis cases that fail to resolve with anti-inflammatory treatments. The authors believe this is the first reported case of bilateral sequential P. acnes exogenous endophthalmitis.
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spelling pubmed-48790802016-06-21 Bilateral sequential Propionibacterium acnes exogenous endophthalmitis Saffra, Norman Moriarty, Emily Milman, Tatyana J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Letter to the Editor A 68-year-old man underwent uncomplicated sequential cataract extractions performed more than a year apart. He presented 6 months after the second surgery with persistent intraocular inflammation in both eyes. Cultures from both eyes grew Propionibacterium acnes and he responded well to treatment. Suspicion for delayed-onset post-operative endophthalmitis must remain high in uveitis cases that fail to resolve with anti-inflammatory treatments. The authors believe this is the first reported case of bilateral sequential P. acnes exogenous endophthalmitis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4879080/ /pubmed/27220771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-016-0084-1 Text en © Saffra et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4879080/
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