Infective Endophthalmitis Caused by Bacillus cereus after Cataract Extraction Surgery

Bacillus cereus endophthalmitis.

Endophthalmitis, of any aetiology, is a potentially devastating ocular infection. Few patients are able to maintain good visual acuity. Many retain only navigational vision and a significant number require evisceration or enucleation. 2 The incidence ofendophthalmitis after trauma has been estimated to occur in 2-7% of cases.3 Various organisms have been implicated but, in recent years, Bacillu...

Infectious endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

Postoperative Endophthalmitis Caused by Staphylococcus haemolyticus following Femtosecond Cataract Surgery

A 53-year-old Caucasian man underwent femtosecond cataract surgery and then presented with pain and hand motions vision 1 day following surgery. Anterior segment examination showed a 2-mm-layered hypopyon, a well-centered intraocular lens in the sulcus, and an obscured view to the fundus. B-scan ultrasonography showed significant vitritis and that the retina was attached. A tap and an injection...

Xanthomonas maltophilia endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

Xanthomonas maltophilia, previously known as Pseudomonas maltophilia and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, is a gram-negative motile bacillus that can be isolated from human, animal, and environmental sources. It may cause potentially lifethreatening opportunistic systemic infections. Most isolates demonstrate multidrug resistance, making it a highly virulent organism. Postoperative endophthalmitis...

Risk of endophthalmitis after cataract extraction: results from the International Cataract Surgery Outcomes study.

AIM To estimate risk of infectious endophthalmitis after cataract extraction in Denmark and to compare results with the risk of this complication in the USA. METHODS In the national Danish administrative hospital register, 19,426 patients were identified who underwent first eye cataract surgery from 1985 to 1987 and who were 50 years of age or older. Of these, 61 patients had postoperative en...