Corynebacterium minutissimumendophthalmitis: Management with antibiotic irrigation of the capsular bag
✍ Scribed by Aysu Karatay Arsan; Sadi Sizmaz; Seyhan B. Özkan; Sunay Duman
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 455 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-5701
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✦ Synopsis
Chronic endophthalmitis, due to Corynebacterium minutissimum, developed in a patient following uncomplicated extracapsular cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) implantation. In this case, which to our knowledge is the first reported case of Corynebacterium minutissimum endophthalmitis, chronic inflammation persisted for 8 months with fluctuations in the inflammation. The specimens from the capsular bag yielded positive culture, but the vitreous culture was negative. The case was successfully treated by a capsular bag irrigation with vancomycin.