Leuconostoc as a Cause of Endophthalmitis Post-intravitreal Injection of Ranibizumab.

Autor: Damasceno NP; a Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and., Horowitz SA; a Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and., Damasceno EF; b Department of Ophthalmology School of Medicine - Universidade Federal Fluminense , Niteroi , Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ocular immunology and inflammation [Ocul Immunol Inflamm] 2016; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 118-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Apr 21.
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2014.898073
Abstrakt: Purpose: The authors report a case of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab.
Methods: After searching for extensive laboratory tests to isolate the etiologic agent Results: The agent was determined as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, gram-positive cocci, vancomycin resistant.
Discussion: Considerations regarding this bacterium were done by calling attention to its rarity, difficulty of isolation, and action on secondary comorbidities as opportunistic pathogen.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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