Polymicrobial Endophthalmitis in a Patient with Pyelonephritis

The genitourinary tract is well recognized as a route through which bacteria could gain access to the blood circulation. Under some circumstances, metastatic infections rarely occur in distant organs, including the eye. Endogenous endophthalmitis is a relatively uncommon but severe infection, and has a varied aetiology [1,2]. Moreover, polymicrobial infections in endophthalmitis are extremely uncommon, and are often associated with trauma [3]. However, polymicrobial infections in the eye of pyelonephritis patients have yet to be reported. We, herein, report a patient with pyelonephritis, who rapidly developed severe polymicrobial endogenous endophthalmitis.