Unusual microbiological presentations in polymicrobial post-operative endophthalmitis and their clinical correlations

• Published in: International ophthalmology Vol. 39; no. 9; pp. 2143 - 2148
• Main Authors: Mitra, Sanchita, Padhi, Tapas Ranjan, Basu, Soumyava, Priyadarshini, Smruti Rekha, Sharma, Savitri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Aeromonas veronii; Aged; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Burkholderia cepacia; Case Report; Cornea; Endophthalmitis; Endophthalmitis - diagnosis; Endophthalmitis - microbiology; Enterococcus faecalis; Eye Infections, Bacterial - diagnosis; Eye Infections, Bacterial - microbiology; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microbiology; Microorganisms; Ophthalmology; Organisms; Sensitivity; Sphingomonas paucimobilis; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Surgical Wound Infection - diagnosis; Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology; Visual Acuity; Vitrectomy - adverse effects; Vitreous Body - microbiology; Young Adult; Endophthalmitis; Polymicrobial; Antimicrobial resistance

Purpose To report the clinical course, microbiological spectrum and visual outcomes of three cases of post-operative endophthalmitis caused by unusual combination of micro-organisms. Methods Retrospective review of medical charts at a tertiary eye care centre over a period of 1 year, of subjects wit...