Scleral buckle infection by Serratia species

We describe a rare case of scleral buckle (SB) infection with Serratia species. A 48-year-old male with a history of retinal detachment repair with scleral buckling presented with redness, pain, and purulent discharge in the left eye for 4 days. Conjunctival erosion with exposure of the SB and scler...

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Autores principales: Venkatesh, Ramesh, Agarwal, Manisha, Singh, Shalini, Mayor, Rahul, Bansal, Aditya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5338051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298863
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.200694
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author Venkatesh, Ramesh
Agarwal, Manisha
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description We describe a rare case of scleral buckle (SB) infection with Serratia species. A 48-year-old male with a history of retinal detachment repair with scleral buckling presented with redness, pain, and purulent discharge in the left eye for 4 days. Conjunctival erosion with exposure of the SB and scleral thinning was noted. The SB was removed and sent for culture. Blood and chocolate agar grew Gram-negative rod-shaped bacillus identified as Serratia marcescens. On the basis of the susceptibility test results, the patient was treated with oral and topical antibiotics. After 6 weeks of the treatment, his infection resolved.
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spelling pubmed-53380512017-03-15 Scleral buckle infection by Serratia species Venkatesh, Ramesh Agarwal, Manisha Singh, Shalini Mayor, Rahul Bansal, Aditya Oman J Ophthalmol Case Report We describe a rare case of scleral buckle (SB) infection with Serratia species. A 48-year-old male with a history of retinal detachment repair with scleral buckling presented with redness, pain, and purulent discharge in the left eye for 4 days. Conjunctival erosion with exposure of the SB and scleral thinning was noted. The SB was removed and sent for culture. Blood and chocolate agar grew Gram-negative rod-shaped bacillus identified as Serratia marcescens. On the basis of the susceptibility test results, the patient was treated with oral and topical antibiotics. After 6 weeks of the treatment, his infection resolved. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5338051/ /pubmed/28298863 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.200694 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Oman Ophthalmic Society 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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