Morganella morganii postoperative endophthalmitis

Given the possibility of endophthalmitis and the importance of prompt treatment in this setting, we chose early pars plana vitrectomy for Gram stain, culture, and to deliver intravitreal antibiotics. Since the presentation and treatment of our patient, the results of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy S...

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Published in:British journal of ophthalmology 1997-02, Vol.81 (2), p.168-168c
Main Authors: CUNNINGHAM, EMMETT T, WHITCHER, JOHN P, KIM, ROBERT Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Antibiotics
Cataract Extraction
Cataracts
Diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy
Endophthalmitis - microbiology
Eye surgery
Female
Humans
Letters to the Editor
Organisms
Postoperative Complications - microbiology
Proteus Infections
Surgery
Urogenital system
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Summary:Given the possibility of endophthalmitis and the importance of prompt treatment in this setting, we chose early pars plana vitrectomy for Gram stain, culture, and to deliver intravitreal antibiotics. Since the presentation and treatment of our patient, the results of the Endophthalmitis Vitrectomy Study (EVS) Group, a randomised trial of immediate pars plana vitrectomy and systemic antibiotics for the treatment of postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis, 11 have suggested that systemic antibiotics as used in our patient may not be necessary, and that immediate vitrectomy appears to add no benefit unless the presenting visual acuity is down to light perception. [...]M morganii is most typically enteric and, as such, is often associated with urinary tract infections.
ISSN:0007-1161
1468-2079
DOI:10.1136/bjo.81.2.168c