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Posttraumatic Sphingomonas paucimobilis Endophthalmitis
A rare case of Sphingomonas paucimobilis endophthalmitis secondary to a penetrating globe injury with a retained intraocular foreign body is presented. A 30-year-old man presented with severe pain following a penetrating left eye injury. Visual acuity (VA) was 6/120. Slit-lamp examination revealed perforation of the temporal cornea and iris, hypopyon, and a fibrinous membrane covering the pupil...
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Sphingomonas Paucimobilis is an aerobic, oxidase positive, catalase positive, motile gram negative bacterium, opportunistic pathogen. 1 It is widely found in nature, especially in water and soil and has been isolated frequently from hospital water systems, mechanical ventilators etc. The bacteria are known to cause infections in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. It rarely affects imm...
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BACKGROUND Sphingomonas paucimobilis is rarely isolated from clinical specimens and it is associated with a great variety of infections. The aim of this study is to investigate the microbiological and clinical features of S paucimobilis infection in southern Taiwan. METHODS S paucimobilis isolates from the microbiology laboratory of Chi-Mei Medical Center and their relevant clinical data from...
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PURPOSE To report a case of an acute onset of delayed postoperative endophthalmitis that was caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis. METHODS This case demonstrates an acute onset of delayed postoperative endophthalmitis at 3 months after uneventful cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. We performed vitrectomy, intraocular lens and capsular bag removal, and intr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista chilena de infectología
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0716-1018
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182013000100007