Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-9570
+44 1223 790975
Daisuke Todokoro
Gunma University School of Medicine,
3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma
Japan
Case Report
Post-Operative Endophthalmitis Caused by the Nutritionally Variant Streptococcus Granulicatella adiacens
Author(s): Daisuke Todokoro, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Ryuichi Hosoya, Nobumichi Takahashi and Shoji KishiDaisuke Todokoro, Kiyofumi Mochizuki, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Ryuichi Hosoya, Nobumichi Takahashi and Shoji Kishi
Objective: Bacterial endophthalmitis is among the most serious ocular infections. Nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) are bacteria that are difficult to culture with standard media because of fastidious growth requirements. The cases of post-operative endophthalmitis caused by Granulicatella adiacens, one of the NVS were reported.
Method: Case report and review of literature
Results: In Case 1, a 77-year-old female, who had undergone repeated ocular surgeries including trabeculectomy in the left eye, had developed late-onset bleb-related endophthalmitis without bleb leakage. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) showed light perception. A vitrectomy was performed, following this procedure and topical, intravitreal and systemic antibiotics, the BCVA recovered to 18/20.
In Case 2, an 85-year-old male.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9570.1000557