Chronic endophthalmitis from Aquamicrobium lusatiense

PURPOSE: To report a case of chronic endophthalmitis caused by Aquamicrobium lusatiense following phacoemulsification surgery. OBSERVATIONS: A 71 year-old woman was referred for chronic ocular inflammation after cataract surgery. Serologic testing was negative for common infectious etiologies. Her c...

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Autores principales: Taubenslag, Kenneth J., Gangaputra, Sapna, Kim, Stephen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7944030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33732953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101067
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of chronic endophthalmitis caused by Aquamicrobium lusatiense following phacoemulsification surgery. OBSERVATIONS: A 71 year-old woman was referred for chronic ocular inflammation after cataract surgery. Serologic testing was negative for common infectious etiologies. Her condition deteriorated on immune-modulating therapy prompting vitreous biopsy, which confirmed infection with A. lusatiense. She was managed successfully with intravitreal antibiotic pharmacotherapy and intraocular lens explantation. CONCLUSION AND IMPORTANCE: This is the first reported case of A. lusatiense causing endophthalmitis, or disease in a human, in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-79440302021-03-16 Chronic endophthalmitis from Aquamicrobium lusatiense Taubenslag, Kenneth J. Gangaputra, Sapna Kim, Stephen J. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of chronic endophthalmitis caused by Aquamicrobium lusatiense following phacoemulsification surgery. OBSERVATIONS: A 71 year-old woman was referred for chronic ocular inflammation after cataract surgery. Serologic testing was negative for common infectious etiologies. Her condition deteriorated on immune-modulating therapy prompting vitreous biopsy, which confirmed infection with A. lusatiense. She was managed successfully with intravitreal antibiotic pharmacotherapy and intraocular lens explantation. CONCLUSION AND IMPORTANCE: This is the first reported case of A. lusatiense causing endophthalmitis, or disease in a human, in the literature. Elsevier 2021-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7944030/ /pubmed/33732953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101067 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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